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
Certifcate of Lawfulness for the proposed conversion of a 5 bed HMO to a 6 bed HMO with dormer.
Proposal details
- Reference
- R25/0738
- Alternative references
- PP-14267254
- Ward
- Benn
- Parish
- Unparished
- Agent
- REBECCA WALKER
- UPRN
- 100070191648
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Elevations R'cd 20.08.2025Elevations | Not published | View |
| Elevations R'cd 20.08.2025Elevations | Not published | View |
| Proposed Plans R'cd 20.08.2025Proposed Plans | Not published | View |
| Existing Plans R'cd 20.08.2025Existing Plans | Not published | View |
| The location plan R'cd 20.08.2025Site Location Plan | Not published | View |
| Block plan of the site R'cd 20.08.2025Block Plan | Not published | View |
| Application Form - Without Personal Data 20.08.2025Application Form | Not published | View |
| 19_Manor_Road.pdfOfficer Report | 3 Nov 2025 | View |
| 688203Decision_CL_Approval_339.pdfDecision Notice | 5 Nov 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 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
688203Decision_CL_Approval_339.pdfPlanning conditions
- Rugby Borough Council hereby certify that on the application date above the use and operations described in the First Schedule hereto in respect of the land specified in the Second Schedule hereto and edged red on the plan attached to this certificate would be lawful within the meaning of section 192 of the Town and County Planning Act 1990 (as amended) for the following reasons: The proposed rear dormer meets the permitted development requirements of Schedule 2, Part 1, Class B of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended). The proposed rooflight meets the permitted development requirements of Schedule 2, Part 1, Class C of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended). FIRST SCHEDULE: Proposed erection of a rear dormer and installation of a rooflight in the following documents: ApplicationForm.pdf (Application Form) Drawing No:4863-LP (Site Location Plan 1:1250) Drawing No:4863-01 (Block Plans 1:200) Drawing No:4863-02 (Existing Floor Plans 1:100) Drawing No:4863-03 (Proposed Floor Plans 1:100) Drawing No:4863-04 (Existing and Proposed Front and Rear Elevation 1:100) Drawing No:4863-05 (Existing and Proposed Side Elevation 1:100) Received by the Local Planning Authority 20-Aug-25 SECOND SCHEDULE: 19, Manor Road, Rugby, CV21 2SX edged in red on the plan below.
- NOTES: 1. This certificate is issued solely for the purpose of sections 192 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended). 2. It certifies that the operations specified in the First Schedule taking place on the land described in the Second Schedule would be lawful, on the specified date and, thus, would not be liable to enforcement action under Part 7 of the 1990 Act on that date. 3. This certificate applies only to the extent of the use and operations described in the First Schedule and to the land specified in the Second Schedule. Any operations which are materially different from those described or which relate to other land may render the owner or occupier liable to enforcement action. 4. The effect of the certificate is also qualified by the proviso in section 192(4) of the 1990 Act, as amended, which states that the lawfulness of a described use or operation is only conclusively presumed where there has been no material change, before the use is instituted or the operations begun, in any of the matters relevant to determining such lawfulness.
