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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
- 26/002336/ADV
- Alternative references
- PP-14914450
- Development type
- Advertisement (ADV)
- Ward
- Central
- UPRN
- 10008062973
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Application FormDCAPFORM | 6 May 2026 | View |
| Part 1 - Application Site Map and Location ListDCSUPDOC | 6 May 2026 | View |
| Part 2 - CIP Unit DetailDCPLANS | 6 May 2026 | View |
| Part 5 - Pavement ReinstatementDCSUPDOC | 6 May 2026 | View |
| Part 3 - Application Site Map and Visuals - Site 14 - Virgin SiteDCPLANS | 6 May 2026 | View |
| Part 3 - Application Site Map and Visuals - Site 14 - Virgin SiteDCSUPDOC | 6 May 2026 | View |
| Planning Heritage StatementDCSUPDOC | 6 May 2026 | View |
| Design Access Planning StatementDCSUPDOC | 6 May 2026 | View |
| Part 4 - Sustainability AimsDCSUPDOC | 6 May 2026 | View |
| Site Location PlanDCPLANS | 6 May 2026 | View |
| Proposed Site PlanDCPLANS | 6 May 2026 | View |
| Existing and Proposed Street ViewDCSUPDOC | 6 May 2026 | View |
| Display Structure Forum CIP UnitDCPLANS | 6 May 2026 | View |
| Display Structure Forum Smart City UnitDCPLANS | 6 May 2026 | View |
| Replacement Units Forum CIP StructureDCPLANS | 6 May 2026 | View |
| Existing Products Structure Scale ComparisonDCPLANS | 6 May 2026 | View |
| Existing Products Structure Scale ComparisonDCPLANS | 6 May 2026 | View |
| CCTV ManagerDCCONWEB | 19 May 2026 | View |
| Comments - Network and Traffic ManagerDCCONWEB | 20 May 2026 | View |
| Local Highway Authority - CommentsDCCONWEB | 8 Jun 2026 | View |
| 69291_Decision_Notice_-_ADV_PERMIT.pdfDCDEC | 23 Jun 2026 | View |
| Case Officers ReportDCCORPTP | 23 Jun 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 sourcePublicity 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 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
69291_Decision_Notice_-_ADV_PERMIT.pdfPlanning conditions
- The proposal as submitted is in accordance with local and national planning policy and has been approved without amendment, in accordance with Paragraph 39 of the National Planning Policy Framework (2024). Therefore, there was no need for the local authority to work with the applicant to seek solutions to problems arising in relation to dealing with the application.
- 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 14 Proposed Forum CIP - Block plan - Display Structure Elevations FORUM CIP Unit - Site 14 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; candela per square metre and the level of illumination shall be controlled at a level that is within the limits recommended by the Institution of Public Lighting Engineers in the publication ''The Brightness of Illuminated Advertisements, IPLE Technical Report No. 5''. Reason: To avoid glare/dazzle which could lead to danger to highway users, in accordance with Policy LP13 of the Peterborough Local Plan (2019).
