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 agricultural land to extend the existing Tabernacle Cemetery to a natural burial site.
Proposal details
- Reference
- 25/0534/PA
- Alternative references
- PP-14316012
- Ward
- Fishguard North West
- Parish
- HT_Fishguard
- Agent
- Mr Gethin Beynon
- UPRN
- MAN000000000608457
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Application timeline
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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 12/09/25 R608-102A Proposed Block Plan R608-100A - Site location plan 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).
- All burials in the cemetery site hereby approved shall: • be a minimum of 250 m from a potable groundwater supply source. • be a minimum of 30 m from a watercourse or spring, and; • be a minimum of 10 m distance from field drains. • have at least 1 metre clearance between the base of the grave and the top of the water table and not made into standing water Reason: To protect controlled waters and to comply with the requirements of policy GN.1 of the Local Development Plan for Pembrokeshire (Adopted 28th February 2013).
- The planting works and installation of hedgerow as detailed on plan no. 608-102A and within the submitted Green Infrastructure Statement (both received 12/09/25) shall be carried out in the first planting and seeding seasons prior to the first benefical use of the site any planting 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 SP1, SP 16, GN.1, GN.33 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.
- Natural Resoucres Wales (NRW) advise the applicant that, in addition to planning permission, it is their responsibility to ensure they secure all other permits/consents/licences relevant to their development. Please refer to NRW website for further details
