Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Application overview
Conversion of a single storey garage to a self-catering holiday let (in retrospect).
Proposal details
- Reference
- 25/0246/PA
- Alternative references
- PP-14105696
- Ward
- Wiston
- Parish
- SLV_Wilton
- UPRN
- 200003264836
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Application timeline
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Decision & conditions
Planning conditions
- The development shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans and documents: Drawing No. GA01 Location Plan and Block Plan Drawing No. GA03 Proposed Floor Plans and Elevations Green Infrastructure Statement Reason: In the interests of amenity and to comply with the requirements of policy GN.1 of the Local Development Plan for Pembrokeshire (Adopted 28th February 2013).
- The accommodation shall be occupied as holiday accommodation falling within use classes C1 or C6 as defined in The Town & Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 (As Amended) only and shall not be occupied as a person’s sole or main place of residence or by any persons exceeding a period of 31 days for each period of occupation. An up-to-date register shall be kept at the holiday accommodation hereby permitted and be made available for inspection by the local planning authority upon request. The register shall contain details of the names of all of the occupiers of the accommodation, their main home addresses and their date of arrival and departure from the accommodation. Notwithstanding the provisions of Class I of the Town & Country Planning (General Permitted Development etc.) (Amendment) (Wales) Order 1995 or any Order revoking and re-enacting that Order, the accommodation shall not be converted from a use within Class C6 to a use within Classes C3 or C5 or to a mixed use of uses within C3 and C6 unless Planning Permission has been granted on an application thereto. Reason: In order to ensure that the accommodation is occupied solely for serviced accommodation and holiday letting purposes and for no other residential purposes and to prevent full time residential use to prevent inappropriate development in the countryside in accordance with policy GN.17 of the Local Development Plan (adopted 28 February 2013).
- The proposed wild flower planting area detailed in the Green Infrastructure Statement and as shown on drawing number GA01 - Location & Block, shall be planted in the first planting season following the date of this decision. Any plants which within a period of 5 years from planting, die, are removed or become seriously damaged or diseased shall be replaced in the next planting season with others of similar size and species. Reason: In the interests of amenity and to provide green infrastructure net gain in compliance with the requirements of policies GN.1 & GN.37 of the Local Development Plan for Pembrokeshire (Adopted 28th February 2013).
- The biodiversity enhancement measures shall be carried out in accordance with the Green Infrastructure Statement (GIS), and the details located on drawing number GA03 Proposed Floor Plans & Elevations, within 3 months of the date of this decision and retained thereafter for as long as the development exists. Reason: To protect the wildlife and the ecological interests of the site, in accordance with policies GN.1 and GN.37 of the Local Development Plan for Pembrokeshire (adopted 28 February 2013).
- Having regard to the details of the application proposals, and the relevant provisions of the Local Development Plan for Pembrokeshire (adopted 28 February 2013) as summarised below Policies SP 1, SP 15, GN.1, GN.17 and GN.37 It is considered that subject to compliance with the conditions attached in this permission, the proposed development would be in accordance with the Development Plan. This informative is intended only to be a summary of the reasons for the granting of planning permission. For further details on the decision, please see the application report under the above reference.
- This application has been screened in accordance with Natural Resources Wales’ interim advice for planning applications within the river Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) catchments (issued on 20th January 2021). It is considered that this development is unlikely to increase phosphate inputs as it falls within the following criterion in the interim advice: Any development that does not increase the volume or concentration of wastewater
- Prior to installation, details of external lighting shall be submitted and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details. Reason: To enable the Local Planning Authority to control the details of the external lighting in the interests of the amenity and appearance of the area and to accord with Policies GN.1 and GN.2 of the Local Development Plan for Pembrokeshire (adopted 28 February 2013).
