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
Installation of an internally-illuminated, freestanding double-sided digital advertisement unit
Proposal details
- Reference
- 26/002321/ADV
- Alternative references
- PP-14842965
- Development type
- Advertisement (ADV)
- Ward
- Central
- UPRN
- 10008074922
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Application Form - RedactedDCAPFORM | 5 May 2026 | View |
| Part 1 - Application Site Map and Location ListDCSUPDOC | 5 May 2026 | View |
| Part 3 Application Site Map and Visuals Site 8 PTB0002CM A03056_redactedDCSUPDOC | 5 May 2026 | View |
| Part 2 CIP Unit Detail Peterborough_redactedDCSUPDOC | 5 May 2026 | View |
| Peterborough CIP Application Design Access Planning Statement 2 JCDecaux_redactedDCSUPDOC | 5 May 2026 | View |
| Unit SpecificationDCPLANS | 5 May 2026 | View |
| Proposed Display Structure Forum CIP UnitDCPLANS | 5 May 2026 | View |
| Existing and Proposed Elevation Images SouthDCPLANS | 5 May 2026 | View |
| Existing and Proposed Elevation Images NorthDCPLANS | 5 May 2026 | View |
| Existing and Proposed Block PlanDCPLANS | 5 May 2026 | View |
| Location PlanDCPLANS | 5 May 2026 | View |
| Part 4 Sustainability_redactedDCSUPDOC | 5 May 2026 | View |
| Part 5 Pavement Reinstatement_redactedDCSUPDOC | 5 May 2026 | View |
| PCC Highways -Network and Traffic 15.05.2026DCCONWEB | 15 May 2026 | View |
| Parking and City Centre Operations -15.05.2026DCCONWEB | 15 May 2026 | View |
| Pollution ControlDCCONWEB | 19 May 2026 | View |
| Comment - Local HighwaysDCCONWEB | 4 Jun 2026 | View |
| SN 61 Bridge Street 1.jpgDCSNPHOT | 23 Jun 2026 | View |
| SN 61 Bridge Street 2.jpgDCSNPHOT | 23 Jun 2026 | View |
| Decision NoticeDCDEC | 23 Jun 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 sourceStatutory 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 sourceDecision expiry date
Published deadlineA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council source
Decision & conditions
Decision NoticePlanning conditions
- Subject to the imposition of the attached conditions, the proposal is acceptable having been assessed in the light of all material considerations, including weighing against relevant policies of the development plan.
- 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: - Pavement Opposite 61 Bridge Street (existing and proposed block plan) - Pavement Opposite 61 Bridge Street (location plan) - Display Structure Elevations FORUM Smart City Unit 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).
