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
Earth banked nutrient store.
Proposal details
- Reference
- 25/0593/PA
- Alternative references
- PP-14382097
- Ward
- Bro Gwaun
- Agent
- Mr Gethin James
- UPRN
- 10009873030
Sign in to view all collected council fields and recorded changes.
Sign in to view collected detailsDocuments 0 of 0
No documents match this view.
Documents open on the council website. Browse council documents if a link has changed.
Application timeline
Council milestones and published deadlines. A deadline passing does not confirm a decision.
Consultation expiry date
Past published deadlineA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council sourceStatutory expiry date
Past published deadlineA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council sourceSite notice end date
Past published deadlineA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council sourceDecision due date
Past published deadlineA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council sourceExtension date
Past published deadlineA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council sourceDecision expiry date
Published deadlineA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
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: 0925/23 PA/01 Plan of Earth Banked Lagoon, dated 02 September 2025 0925/23 PA/02 Plan of Earth Banked Lagoon, dated 02 September 2025 0925/23 PA/03 Site Location and Block Plan, dated 02 September 2025 0925/23 PA/04 Lagoon Safety Perimeter Fence Detail, dated 02 September 2025 Ammonia Screening Assessment, by KeBeK, dated 23 March 2026 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).
- Notwithstanding the information contained within the application, prior to first use of the approved development, a detailed scheme for boundary treatment shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The submitted scheme shall include details of stock proof fencing (including height and materials), and details of planting including species, size, location. The proposed stockproof fence shall be installed in accordance with the approved details before the first beneficial use of the approved development and retained thereafter. All planting comprised in the approved details of boundary treatments shall be carried out in the first planting and seeding seasons following the first use of the slurry lagoon or the completion of the development, whichever is the sooner; and any trees or plants which within a period of 5 years from the 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: To secure green infrastructure, in accordance with policies GN.1 and GN.37 of the Local Development Plan for Pembrokeshire (adopted 28 February 2013), Planning Policy Wales, Edition 12 2024 and the Environment (Wales) Act 2016.
- 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 16, GN.1, GN.2 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 permission shall not be construed as granting rights to carry out works on, or over, land not within the ownership, or control, of the applicant.
- You must obtain the prior written consent of the owner and occupier of any land upon which it is necessary for you to enter in order to construct, externally finish, decorate or in any other way carry out any works in connection with this development including future repairs/maintenance, or to obtain support from adjoining property. This permission does not authorise you to take such action without first obtaining this consent. Your attention is also drawn to the Access of Neighbouring Land Act 1992 and Party Wall Act 1996.
- This Decision Notice grants planning permission. You are advised that it does not constitute approval under the Building Regulations.
- The applicant may need to apply to Dwr Cymru / Welsh Water for any connection to the public sewer under S106 of the Water industry Act 1991. If the connection to the public sewer network is either via a lateral drain (i.e. a drain which extends beyond the connecting property boundary) or via a new sewer (i.e. serves more than one property), it is now a mandatory requirement to first enter into a Section 104 Adoption Agreement (Water Industry Act 1991). The design of the sewers and lateral drains must also conform to the Welsh Ministers Standards for Gravity Foul Sewers and Lateral Drains, and conform with the publication "Sewers for Adoption"- 7th Edition. Further information can be obtained via the Developer Services pages of www.dwrcymru.com The applicant is also advised that some public sewers and lateral drains may not be recorded on our maps of public sewers because they were originally privately owned and were transferred into public ownership by nature of the Water Industry (Schemes for Adoption of Private Sewers) Regulations 2011. The presence of such assets may affect the proposal. In order to assist us in dealing with the proposal the applicant may contact Dwr Cymru Welsh Water on 0800 085 3968 to establish the location and status of the apparatus. Under the Water Industry Act 1991 Dwr Cymru Welsh Water has rights of access to its apparatus at all times. The planning permission herby granted does not extend any rights to carry out any works to the public sewerage or water supply systems without first having obtained the necessary permissions required by the Water industries Act 1991. Any alterations to existing premises resulting in the creation of additional premises or merging of existing premises must also be constructed so that each is separately connected to the Company’s water main and can be separately metered. Please contact our new connections team on 0800 917 2652 for further information on water & sewerage connections.
- The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021 (CoAPR) The Slurry Lagoon should be designed and built by a suitably qualified engineer to meet the standards set in The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021 (CoAPR). Under CoAPR it is a requirement to notify Natural Resources Wales of new or substantially altered slurry stores at least 14 days before construction begins. Further information on what we require is available on our website at Natural Resources Wales / Silage and slurry storage. Further information is available at Natural Resources Wales / How to use manures and slurries appropriately and the Code of Good Agricultural Practice guidance. Aerial Emmissions The applicant is advised to follow the Code of Good Agricultural Practice guidance on reducing ammonia emmissions from agricultural in Wales published in 2019 which can be found at https://www.gov.wales/sites/default/files/publications/2019-04/code-of-good-agricultural-practice-guidance-on-reducing-ammonia-emissions.pdf Other Licences The applicant is advised that in addition to planning permission, it is their responsibility to ensure that they secure all other permits/consents/licences relevant to the development. Please refer to Natural Resource Wales website for more information https://naturalresources.wales/permits-and-permissions/?lang=en
- 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 and July 2025). It is considered that this development is unlikely to increase phosphate and nitrate inputs as it falls within the following criterion in the interim advice: Any development that reduces the frequency, or volume of irregular discharges within a SAC catchment. Note that any such development must not be linked to an increase in livestock numbers or the capacity for an increase in livestock numbers through provision of additional infrastructure
- The applicatant is recommended to select species from either the native trees and shrubs list https://www.pembrokeshirecoast.wales/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Advice-Note-2015-Trees-and-shrubs-native-to-Pembrokeshire.pdf or our native wildflowers list https://www.pembrokeshirecoast.wales/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Advice-Note-2015-Wildflower-and-Grass-Seed-Mixes.pdf
