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
Confirmation that class use C2 (residential institutions) stands. Property currently being run as care home for adults with learning disabilites and it is now intended for the property to be used for residential care home for children
Proposal details
- Reference
- 26/002295/CLE
- Alternative references
- PP-14809059
- Development type
- Cert of Lawfulness (Existing) (CLE)
- Ward
- Fletton & Stanground
- UPRN
- 100090205616
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Location PlanDCPLANS | 25 Mar 2026 | View |
| Copy of Decision 96/P0525DCSUPDOC | 23 Apr 2026 | View |
| Application FormDCAPFORM | 23 Apr 2026 | View |
| Block PlanDCPLANS | 25 Mar 2026 | View |
| 26.002295.CLE Decision- 27/05/2026DCDEC | 27 May 2026 | View |
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Application timeline
Council milestones and published deadlines. A deadline passing does not confirm a decision.
Decision due date
Past published deadlineA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council source
Decision & conditions
Copy of Decision 96/P0525 26.002295.CLE Decision- 27/05/2026Planning conditions
- Location Plan Block plan
- R1 The applicant has failed to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Local Planning Authority that the use of the building began more than ten years prior to the date of the application and therefore the building is not lawful in planning terms as defined by Sections 171B and 191 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended).
