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
Change of use of ground floor from skate shop (A1) to delicatessen (A1) and first floor from nightclub (D2) to tuition studio (D1).
Proposal details
- Reference
- 25/0317/PA
- Alternative references
- PP-14124582
- Ward
- Haverfordwest Castle
- Parish
- HT_Haverfordwest
- UPRN
- 10013179481
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Application timeline
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Consultation expiry date
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Council sourceStatutory expiry date
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Council source
Decision & conditions
Planning conditions
- The development shall begin no later than five years from the date of this decision. Reason: To comply with the requirements of Section 91 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended).
- The development shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans and documents: Received 06/08/25 - Site Location Plan Received 28/08/25 - Proposed floor plans 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 planting works as shown on the amended block plan submitted within the Green Infrastrcurtre Statement receievd on 11/12/25 shall be carried out in the first planting and seeding seasons following the change of use hereby approved and any plants which within a period of 5 years from completion of the development 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).
- 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 12, SP 13, SP 14, GN.12, GN.1, GN.37 and GN.38 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 to Chief Planners dated 25th July 2025. It is considered that this development is unlikely to have a likely significant effect on the Marine SAC as the following criterion applies: Criterion 5 – development would provide services/facilities for a local population already served by residential connections to existing public or private sewers discharging within the SAC catchment.
