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
Two-storey rear and single storey rear extension.
Proposal details
- Reference
- R25/0624
- Alternative references
- PP-14178499
- Ward
- Wolvey & Shilton
- Parish
- Wolvey
- Agent
- Iain Garnell
- UPRN
- 100070175587
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Existing Plans and Elevations 16.07.2025Existing Plans | Not published | View |
| Block and site location plans R'cd 16.07.2025Block Plan | Not published | View |
| Proposed Plans and Elevations R'cd 16.07.2025Proposed Plans | Not published | View |
| Bat Survey R'cd 16.07.2025Superseded | Not published | View |
| Proposed Materials Plan R'cd 16.07.2025Supporting Information | Not published | View |
| Sustainability Checklist R'cd 16.07.2025Sustainability Checklist | Not published | View |
| Sustainability appraisal R'cd 16.07.2025Supporting Information | Not published | View |
| Application Form - Without Personal Data R'cd 16.07.2025Application Form | Not published | View |
| Redacted Preliminary Ecological Appraisal R'cd 13.08.2025Ecology Report | 13 Aug 2025 | View |
| Ecology Response, R'cd 21.08.2025Consultee responses | 25 Sept 2025 | View |
| Bat Survey Report & Hibernation Survey rec'd 18.12.2025Supporting Information | 19 Dec 2025 | View |
| Dated 23.01.2026Decision Notice | 23 Jan 2026 | View |
| Delegated ReportOfficer Report | 23 Jan 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 sourcePublicity end 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 sourceExtension 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
Dated 23.01.2026Planning conditions
- CONDITION1: The development to which this permission relates must not be begun later than the expiration of three years from the date of this permission. REASON: To comply with Section 91 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 as amended by Section 51 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act, 2004.
- CONDITION 3: The facing materials to be used on the external walls and roof shall be as specified on the Proposed Materials Sheet, received by the Council on 16/07/2025. REASON: To ensure a satisfactory external appearance and for the avoidance of doubt.
- CONDITION 2: The development shall be carried out in accordance with the plans and documents detailed below: Drawing No. 701-01 (Existing Layouts and Elevations) Drawing No. 701-01 Rev.A (Proposed Layouts and Elevations) Drawing No. 701-03 (Location and Block Plan) Proposed Materials Sheet Bat Roost Characterisation and Hibernation Surveys prepared by ‘Brindle & Green’ Rev.1 (dated December 2025) REASON: For the avoidance of doubt and to ensure that the details of the development are acceptable to the Local Planning Authority.
- CONDITION 4: The flat roof of the extension hereby permitted shall not be used as a balcony or accessed for any purposes except for maintenance of the property. REASON: To prevent overlooking or loss of privacy to neighbours.
- CONDITION 5: The development hereby permitted shall not commence until one further hibernation bat survey of the site is undertaken in February 2026, to include appropriate activity surveys in accordance with Bat Surveys for Professional Ecologists – Good Practice Guidelines (The Bat Conservation Trust, 4th Edition, 2023), has been carried out and a detailed mitigation plan including a schedule of works and timings has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved mitigation plan shall thereafter be implemented in full. REASON: To ensure that protected, important and priority species and their habitats are not harmed by the development.
