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 existing agricultural barn to 7 dwelling houses and associated works
Proposal details
- Reference
- 26/00105/PRIOR
- Alternative references
- PP-14653074
- Development type
- GPDO 2015 - Part 03, Class Q (a & b)
- Ward
- Eye, Thorney & Newborough
- Parish
- Thorney CP
- Agent
- Mr Tom Helliwell
- UPRN
- 200002764621
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Application Supporting Document: Preliminary Roost Assesment - BCEnv.25.0205.AP066316DCSUPDOC | 26 Jan 2026 | View |
| Application Supporting Document: Redacted - Structural Engineers Report - L-25069.001DCSUPDOC | 26 Jan 2026 | View |
| Application Supporting Document: Planning Statement - P25138DCSUPDOC | 26 Jan 2026 | View |
| Representation from Consultee (Web): North Level District Internal Drainage Board - commentsDCCONWEB | 4 Feb 2026 | View |
| Plans: Proposed Site Plan - P25138_P001DCPLANS | 26 Jan 2026 | View |
| Plans: Proposed Elevation Plan - P25138_P011DCPLANS | 26 Jan 2026 | View |
| Plans: Location and Existing Site Plan - P25138_E001DCPLANS | 26 Jan 2026 | View |
| Representation from Consultee (Web): Environment AgencyDCCONWEB | 10 Feb 2026 | View |
| Representation from Consultee (Web): Environmental Health OfficerDCCONWEB | 16 Feb 2026 | View |
| Application Form: Redacted - Application FormDCAPFORM | 26 Jan 2026 | View |
| Photograph of Site Notice: Image 2 of 2DCSNPHOT | 6 Feb 2026 | View |
| Plans: Existing Floor Plan - P25138_E010DCPLANS | 26 Jan 2026 | View |
| Plans: Proposed Floor Plan - P25138_P010DCPLANS | 26 Jan 2026 | View |
| Application Supporting Document: Flood Risk Assessment - 251210DCSUPDOC | 26 Jan 2026 | View |
| Photograph of Site Notice: Image 1 of 2DCSNPHOT | 6 Feb 2026 | View |
| Plans: Existing Elevation Plan - P25138_E011DCPLANS | 26 Jan 2026 | View |
| Case Officer Report - Finalised and PublishedDCCORPTP | 17 Feb 2026 | View |
| Application Supporting Document: Redacted - Biodiversity ChecklistDCSUPDOC | 26 Jan 2026 | View |
| Representation from Consultee (Web): DrainageDCCONWEB | 5 Feb 2026 | View |
| Wildlife Officer Consultation RRDCCONWEB | 17 Mar 2026 | View |
| 58830_Decision_Notice_-_PRIOR_Refusal.pdfDCDEC | 23 Mar 2026 | View |
| Agri Prior.pdfDCCORPTP | 27 Mar 2026 | View |
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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 source
Decision & conditions
58830_Decision_Notice_-_PRIOR_Refusal.pdfPlanning conditions
- The proposal fails to provide sufficient information to demonstrate there would not be any transport and highways impacts of the developments and that the proposal has not terminated an agricultural tenancy to facilitate development. Accordingly, and without this information, the proposal is not considered to accord with contrary to Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q, Q.2(a) and Class X, Part 3 of Schedule 2 of The Town and Country (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).
- The application is supported by insufficient information to enable the Local Planning Authority, in consultation with the Local Highway Authority, to assess the transport and highways impacts of the proposed development. In particular, insufficient detail has been provided to demonstrate that the site curtilage can accommodate adequate car parking and turning, and that vehicles can enter and leave the site safely. Furthermore, given the constrained and substandard nature of the existing access track from Wisbech Road, the submitted information fails to demonstrate that vehicles would be able to pass, wait and manoeuvre within the site without queuing back onto and obstructing the public highway. As a result, the proposal fails to satisfy the prior approval requirements of Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q, paragraph Q.2(1)(a) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended), and has not demonstrated compliance with the curtilage provisions and principles of Class X.
