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
Details of condition 8 (CEMP) of R23/1047.
Proposal details
- Reference
- R25/0717
- Alternative references
- PP-14203378
- Agent
- Tommy Cooney
- UPRN
- MAN000000000220476
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Covering letter R'cd 15.08.2025Condition Info / Plan | Not published | View |
| CEMP Biodiversity R'cd 15.08.2025Superseded | Not published | View |
| Application Form - Without Personal Data R'cd 15.08.2025Application Form | Not published | View |
| CEMP R'cd 28.10.25Amendments | 4 Nov 2025 | View |
| Decision dated 04.12.2015Decision Notice | 4 Dec 2025 | 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 sourceDecision expiry date
Published deadlineA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council source
Decision & conditions
Decision dated 04.12.2015Planning conditions
- CONDITION 8: No development shall take place (including demolition, ground works and vegetation clearance) until a (CEMP: Biodiversity) has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The CEMP (Biodiversity) shall include the following: a) Risk assessment of potentially damaging construction activities. b) Identification of biodiversity protection zones. c) Practical measures (both physical measures and sensitive working practices) to avoid or reduce impacts during construction (may be provided as a set of method statements). d) The location and timing of sensitive works to avoid harm to biodiversity features. e) The times during construction when specialist ecologists need to be present on site to oversee works. f) Responsible persons and lines of communication. g) The role and responsibilities on site of an ecological clerk of works (ECoW) or similarly competent person. h) Use of protective fences, exclusion barriers and warning signs. The approved CEMP shall be adhered to and implemented throughout the construction period strictly in accordance with the approved details, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the local planning authority. REASON: To ensure that protected species are not harmed by the development
