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
Erection of new livestock buildings including covered feeding, loafing yards and associated works.
Proposal details
- Reference
- 25/0768/PA
- Alternative references
- PP-14426634
- Ward
- Maenclochog
- Agent
- Gethin Beynon
- UPRN
- 10009896405
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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: Green Infrastructure statement, received 24/11/2025 Design and Access Supporting Statement For Full Application, received 24/11/2025 Pre-application Consultation Report, Full Application, dated 27/11/2025 Kite Ecology, Ecology Survery, dated October 2025 Drainage statement, received 24/11/2025 126-1025, E01, Rev A, Existing location plan and ownership boundary, dated 22/11/2025 126-1025, E02, Rev A, Existing Block Plan, dated 26/10/2025 126-1025, P01, Rev A, Proposed Site plan, dated 22/11/2025 126-1025, P02, Rev A, Proposed plans, dated 22/11/2025 126-1025, P03, Rev A, Proposed elevations, dated 22/11/2025 126-1025, P04, Rev A, Site Sections, dated 22/11/2025 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 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).
- Notwithstanding the information contained in the submitted Green Infrastructure Statement, details of measures to enhance Biodiversity within the application site shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved biodiveristy enhancements shall be implemented prior to the first use of the approved building or in accordance with an alternative timescale first approved by the local planning authority and shall be retained for as long as the development exists. Reason: To maintain and enhance biodiversity, in accordance with policies GN.1 and GN.37 of the Local Development Plan for Pembrokeshire (adopted 28 February 2013).
- No development shall take place until a Construction Management Statement with Plan (CMS) has been submitted to, and approved in writing by, the Local Planning Authority. This shall include further information and plans on the following: a. Parking for vehicles, site personnel, operatives and visitors b. Loading and unloading of plant and materials, including any use of banksmen and/or traffic management c. Storage of plant and materials d. Measures to prevent the deposit of materials on the highway e. Erection of hoarding or heras fencing as indication on a submitted plan f. Before and after construction conditions surveys of the highway and a commitment to fund the repair of any damage caused g. On-site turning for construction vehicles. The approved plan/statement shall be adhered to throughout the demolition/construction period. Reason: To ensure necessary management measures are implemented for the protection of highway safety during construction so as to accord with Policies GN.1 of the Local Development Plan for Pembrokeshire (adopted 28th February 2013).
- Notwithstanding the information contained within the application, no development shall commence until details of a scheme for the disposal of surface water has been submitted to and agreed in writing by the local planning authority. The scheme shall include details of suitability of ground conditions for the proposed method of water disposal. The scheme shall be implemented in accordance with the approved details prior to the first use of the development hereby approved and retained for as long as the development exists. Reason: To ensure that a satisfactory means of drainage is provided, and to accord with policies GN.1 and GN.2 of the Local Development Plan for Pembrokeshire (adopted 28 February 2013).
- Notwithstanding the information contained on the plans, prior to installation of any lighting, a lighting sheme shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning auhtority. The lighting scheme shall details any external and internal lighting, including number, type, position, level of illumination and time of operation. Lighting shall be installed and operated in accordance with the approved scheme for as long as the development exists. Reason: To enable the local planning authority to control the details of the external and internal lighting in the interests of the amenity and appearance of the area and to protect the wildlife and the ecological interests of the site, and to accord with Policies GN.1, GN.2 & 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 (Sustainable Development), SP 16 (The Countryside), GN.1 (General Development Policy), GN.2 (Sustainable Design), GN.37 (Protection and Enhancement of Biodiversity) and GN.38 (Protection and Enhancement of the Historic Environment) of the LDP and Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023. 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.
- Section 59 of the Highways Act permits the Highway Authority to charge developers for damage caused by excessive weight and movements of vehicles to and from a site. The highway Authority will pass on the cost of any excess repairs compared to the normal maintenance costs to the applicant/organisation responsible for the damage.
- The developer is reminded it is an offence to allow materials to be carried from the site and deposited on or damage the highway from uncleaned wheels or badly loaded vehicles. The Highway Authority will seek, wherever possible, to recover any expenses incurred in clearing, cleaning or repairing highway surfaces and prosecute persistent offenders. (Highways Act 1980, Sections 131, 148 and 149).
- Notwithstanding the information contained within the application, , a detailed planting scheme shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The submitted planting scheme shall include details of stock proof fencing (including height and materials) to afford protection to the proposed planting and timescales for its installation and retention. All planting comprised in the approved details of landscaping shall be carried out in the first planting and seeding seasons following the occupation of the buildings 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. The approved fencing shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details 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 and the Environment (Wales) Act 2016.
