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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
Installation of an internally illuminated freestanding double-sided digital advertisement unit - advertised space measuring 932mm x 1653mm
Proposal details
- Reference
- 26/002186/ADV
- Alternative references
- PP-14832176
- Development type
- Advertisement (ADV)
- Ward
- Central
- UPRN
- 100091611697
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| ApplicationDCAPFORM | 2 Apr 2026 | View |
| Part 1 - Application Site Map and Location ListDCSUPDOC | 2 Apr 2026 | View |
| Part 2 - CIP Unit Detail - PeterboroughDCSUPDOC | 2 Apr 2026 | View |
| Part 5 - Pavement ReinstatementDCSUPDOC | 2 Apr 2026 | View |
| Part 3 - Application Site Map and Visuals - Site 15 - PTB0033MU - A03062DCSUPDOC | 2 Apr 2026 | View |
| Part 4 SustainabilityDCSUPDOC | 14 Apr 2026 | View |
| Design & Access Planning StatementDCSUPDOC | 15 Apr 2026 | View |
| Existing Proposed Views 1DCPLANS | 15 Apr 2026 | View |
| Existing Proposed Views 2DCPLANS | 15 Apr 2026 | View |
| Location PlanDCPLANS | 15 Apr 2026 | View |
| Proposed Block PlanDCPLANS | 15 Apr 2026 | View |
| Existing Products 1 Elevations Structure Scale ComparisonDCPLANS | 15 Apr 2026 | View |
| Existing Products 2 Elevations Structure Scale ComparisonDCPLANS | 15 Apr 2026 | View |
| Proposed Elevations Forum CIP StructureDCPLANS | 15 Apr 2026 | View |
| Proposed Elevations Forum CIP UnitDCPLANS | 15 Apr 2026 | View |
| Proposed Elevations Forum Smart City UnitDCPLANS | 15 Apr 2026 | View |
| SN Photo 30.04.26DCSNPHOT | 5 May 2026 | View |
| 66426_Decision_Notice_-_ADV_PERMIT.pdfDCDEC | 27 May 2026 | View |
| Case Officers ReportDCCORPTP | 28 May 2026 | View |
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Application timeline
Council milestones and published deadlines. A deadline passing does not confirm a decision.
Publicity end 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 sourceConsultation expiry 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 sourceStatutory expiry 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
66426_Decision_Notice_-_ADV_PERMIT.pdfPlanning conditions
- The proposal as submitted was not in accordance with local and national planning policy. The local planning authority have worked with the applicant in a positive and proactive manner based on seeking solutions to problems arising in relation to dealing with the planning application. Amendments were discussed and agreed with the applicant to bring the proposal into compliance with policy, and the application can therefore be approved in accordance with Paragraph 38 of the National Planning Policy Framework (2024).
- 1. No advertisement is to be displayed without the permission of the owner of the site or any other person with an interest in the site entitled to grant permission. 2. No advertisement shall be sited or displayed so as to: (a) endanger persons using any highway, railway, waterway, dock, harbour or aerodrome (civil or military); (b) obscure, or hinder the ready interpretation of any traffic sign, railway signal or aid to navigation by water or air; or (c) hinder the operation of any device used for the purpose of security or surveillance or for measuring speed of any vehicle. 3. Any advertisement displayed, and any site used for the display of advertisements, shall be maintained in a condition that does not impair the visual amenity of the site. 4. Any structure or hoarding erected or used principally for the purpose of displaying advertisements shall be maintained in a condition that does not endanger the public. 5. Where an advertisement is required under these Regulations to be removed, the site shall be left in a condition that does not endanger the public or impair visual amenity. Reason: In accordance with Schedule 3 of the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (England) Regulations 2007 (as amended).
- This consent is for a period of five years beginning with the date of this decision. Reason: In accordance with the provisions of Article 14 of the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (England) Regulations 2007 (as amended).
- The advertisement(s) hereby granted consent shall be displayed and maintained in accordance with the following approved drawings/documents: - Site 15 Proposed Forum CIP - Block plan - Display Structure Elevations FORUM CIP Unit - Site 15 Application Site - Location Plan Reason: For the avoidance of doubt and in the interests of proper planning.
- The luminance of the internally illuminated sign shall not exceed 300 candelas per square metre during the hours of darkness nor exceed 2500 candela per square metre during daylight hours anywhere on the surface of the sign and the level of illumination shall be controlled at a level that is within the limits recommended by the Institution of Lighting Professionals in the publication “PLG05 The Brightness of Illuminated Advertisements”. Reason: To avoid glare/dazzle which could lead to danger to highway users, in accordance with Policy LP13 of the Peterborough Local Plan (2019).
- No part of the sign shall be within 0.5m of the carriageway Reason: In the interest of highway safety, in accordance with Policy LP13 of the Peterborough Local Plan (2019) and the Highways Act 1980.
