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
Erection of a new single-storey modular building
Proposal details
- Reference
- 26/002615/CLP
- Alternative references
- PP-15083800
- Development type
- Cert of Lawfulness (Proposed) (CLP)
- Ward
- Gunthorpe
- UPRN
- 10094544604
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Application FormDCAPFORM | 15 Jul 2026 | View |
| Site Location Plan - 000001-AKNDCPLANS | 15 Jul 2026 | View |
| Proposed Block Plan - 000006-AKNDCPLANS | 15 Jul 2026 | View |
| Proposed Plan and Elevation - 26-28100-01DCPLANS | 15 Jul 2026 | View |
| Planning StatementDCSUPDOC | 15 Jul 2026 | View |
| 24052 L90.102 Site Location Plan 000001AKN.pdfDCPLANS | 27 Aug 2026 | View |
| Decision-01/09/2026DCDEC | 1 Sept 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 sourceDecision expiry date
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Council source
Decision & conditions
Decision-01/09/2026Planning conditions
- The main consideration is whether the proposed development is considered lawful under the Town and Country Planning (General Development) (England) Order 2015 (GDPO). An assessment has been made against: - Schedule 2 Part 7 Class M of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) Permitted development M. The erection, extension or alteration of a school, college, university, prison or hospital building. Development not permitted M.1 Development is not permitted by Class M— (a) if the cumulative footprint of any erection, extension or alteration under Class M on or after the relevant date would exceed the greater of— (i) 25% of the cumulative footprint of the school, college, university, prison or hospital buildings as it was on the relevant date; or (ii) 250 square metres; It would not. (b) in the case of a college, university, prison or hospital building, if any part of the development would be within 5 metres of a boundary of the curtilage of the premises; It would not. (ba) in the case of a school, where any land adjacent to the site is used for a purpose within Part C of the Schedule to the Use Classes Order (residential purposes), if any part of the proposed development is within 5 metres of the boundary of the curtilage of that residential land; It would not. (c) if, as a result of the development, any land used as a playing field at any time in the 5 years before the development commenced and remaining in this use could no longer be so used; It would not. (d) if the height of any new building erected would exceed— (i) if within 10 metres of a boundary of the curtilage of the premises, 5 metres; or (ii) in all other cases, 6 metres; It would not. (e) if the height of the building as extended or altered would exceed— (i) if within 10 metres of a boundary of the curtilage of the premises, the lesser of the height of the building being extended or altered or 5 metres; or (ii) in all other cases, the height of the building being extended or altered; Not applicable. (ea) if the height of any rooftop structure would exceed 1.5 metres above the height of the new building or the building as extended or altered (as the case may be); Not applicable. (f) if the development would be within the curtilage of a listed building; or (g) unless— (i) in the case of school, college or university buildings, the predominant use of the existing buildings on the premises is for the provision of education; (ii) in the case of hospital buildings, the predominant use of the existing buildings on the premises is for the provision of any medical or health services; The development is not within the curtilage of a listed building. Conditions M.2 Development is permitted by Class M subject to the following conditions— (a) the development is within the curtilage of an existing school, college, university, prison or hospital; The development is within the curtilage of an existing school. (b) the development is only used as part of, or for a purpose incidental to, the use of that school, college, university, prison or hospital; The development would be used as part of the school. (c) any new building erected is, in the case of article 2(3) land, constructed using materials which have a similar external appearance to those used for the original school, college, university, prison or hospital buildings; and Not applicable. (d) any extension or alteration is, in the case of article 2(3) land, constructed using materials which have a similar external appearance to those used for the building being extended or altered; Not applicable. (e) where proposed development under Class M relates to the erection, extension or alteration of a school building that results in an increase in the school’s published admission number, the developer must, within a period of six months starting with the date the development is completed, submit to the local planning authority a travel plan for the site; The submitted information states that the main purpose of the proposed building is to provide additional space for Pastoral care, safeguarding care and behavioural support, including educational support and re-integration. Having considered the submitted information, it is considered that the proposed development would not exceed the relevant limitations set out in Schedule 2 Part 7 Class M of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended). As such, the proposed development does not require planning permission and is therefore Lawful.
