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
Construction of silage clamp to replace existing earth bank clamp.
Proposal details
- Reference
- 25/0943/PA
- Ward
- Cilgerran And Eglwyswrw
- Agent
- Rhydian Williams
- UPRN
- 10009877798
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Application timeline
Council milestones and published deadlines. A deadline passing does not confirm a decision.
Consultation expiry date
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Council source
Decision & conditions
Planning conditions
- The proposed development fails to demonstrate that all effluent generated by the silage clamp would be adequately intercepted and contained by an effective perimeter drainage system. In the absence of certainty that appropriate effluent management would be provided, the proposal creates an unacceptable risk of water pollution, resulting in a harmful affect on the environment. The proposed development therefore fails to accord with Policy SP.1 and GN.1 of the Pembrokeshire Local Development Plan.
- The development would result in loss of an established established grassland and native shrubs. The proposed compensatory measure, four bird boxes, is inadequate and does not reflect the quality, ecological value, or functional role of the green infrastructure that would be lost through this development. As such, the proposal fails to provide proportionate mitigation or to follow a stepwise approach to safeguarding green infrastructure, as required by established nature conservation principles. Although minor biodiversity enhancements are offered, these are insufficient to outweigh the unmitigated harm resulting from the any loss of established green infrastructure the proposed development would incur. The proposal therefore conflicts with Policy GN.37 of the Pembrokeshire Local Development Plan (adopted February 2013), and does not meet the duties to maintain and enhance biodiversity set out under the Environment (Wales) Act 2016 or the guidance contained within Technical Advice Note 5: Nature Conservation and Planning.
- This decision relates only to the plans identified below: - Site Plan. 17/12/2025 - Block Plan. 17/12/2025 - Elevations. 17/12/2025
