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
Installation of ground based lighting in churchyard
Proposal details
- Reference
- R25/0757
- Alternative references
- PP-14287222
- Ward
- Eastlands
- Parish
- Unparished
- Agent
- Robert Davies
- UPRN
- 10010504578
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Sustainability appraisal R'cd 28.08.2025Sustainability Checklist | Not published | View |
| Lighting assessment R'cd 28.08.2025Superseded | Not published | View |
| Block plan of the site R'cd 28.08.2025Superseded | Not published | View |
| Application Form - Without Personal Data R'cd 28.08.2025Application Form | Not published | View |
| CIL Form R'cd 04.09.2025 - please edit form to show all answers.CIL form | 5 Sept 2025 | View |
| Heritage Statement R'cd 04.09.2025Heritage Statement | 5 Sept 2025 | View |
| Site Location Plan R'cd 04.09.2025Site Location Plan | 5 Sept 2025 | View |
| Existing Plans R'cd 04.09.2025Existing Plans | 5 Sept 2025 | View |
| Design Statement Rcd 23/09/2025Superseded | 23 Sept 2025 | View |
| Amended Alterations and Proposals Rcd 23/09/2025Superseded | 23 Sept 2025 | View |
| Design Statement Rcd 24.11.2025Design and Access Statement | 25 Nov 2025 | View |
| Lighting Specification Rcd 24.11.2025Superseded | 25 Nov 2025 | View |
| Lighting Specification Rcd 24.11.2025Superseded | 25 Nov 2025 | View |
| Lighting Information Rcd 24.11.2025Superseded | 25 Nov 2025 | View |
| Proposed Layout, Elevation and Section Rcd 24.11.2025Superseded | 25 Nov 2025 | View |
| Written Scheme of Investigation Archaelogy Rcd 28.11.2025Supporting Information | 28 Nov 2025 | View |
| Bat Survey Rcd 10.12.2025Ecology Report | 10 Dec 2025 | View |
| Cable Route Rcd 22.01.2026Amended Plans | 28 Jan 2026 | View |
| Lighting Specification Rcd 22.01.2026Amended Plans | 28 Jan 2026 | View |
| Lighting Report Rcd 22.01.2026Amended Plans | 28 Jan 2026 | View |
| Proposed Plans Rcd 22.01.2026Amended Plans | 28 Jan 2026 | View |
| Lighting Specification Rcd 19.02.2026Amended Plans | 23 Feb 2026 | View |
| 729901Decision_Approval_Planning_Permission_81201.pdfDecision Notice | 10 Mar 2026 | View |
| ApasTemplate_8470.pdfOfficer Report | 10 Mar 2026 | View |
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Decision & conditions
729901Decision_Approval_Planning_Permission_81201.pdfPlanning conditions
- CONDITION 1: 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 2: The development shall be carried out in accordance with the plans and documents detailed below: - Site Location Plan Drg No. EX-001 Received by Local Planning Authority 04.09.2025 - Written Scheme of Investigation Archaelogy (SAR25_WSI_V.2_Final.pdf) Received by Local Planning Authority 28.11.2025 - Proposed Plan, Elevations and Section Drg No. GA-305 Rev B - Proposed Cable Route - Lighting Specification Product Code FLS-36 (FLS-36.pdf) - GAP Lighting report (St_Andrews_Church_V3.pdf) Received by Local Planning Authority 22.01.2026 - Lighting Specification Product Code GL020T-SQ (TILT_SQUARE_SPECIAL.pdf) Received by Local Planning Authority 19.02.2026 REASON: For the avoidance of doubt and to ensure that the details of the development are acceptable to the Local Planning Authority.
- CONDITION 3: The development and programme of archaeological fieldwork, post-excavation analysis, publication of results and archive deposition shall be undertaken in accordance with the strategy detailed within the submitted document produced by Groundworks Archaeology and called Written Scheme of Investigation, Archaeological Watching Brief, St Andrews Church Rugby, CV21 3PT received by the Local Planning Authority 28/11/2025. REASON: In the interest of archaeology in accordance with Policy SDC3 of the Local Plan (2019).
- CONDITION 4: The external lighting shall be installed and maintained in accordance with the specifications, positions, and mounting heights detailed in the GAP Lighting Report titled ‘St Andrew’s Church – Rugby’ received 22/01/2026. Notwithstanding lighting positions No. 3 and No. 4 as shown on Drg No. GA-305 Rev B which shall be installed in accordance with specification GL020T-SQ received 19/02/2026. The installed lighting shall be maintained in perpetuity. REASON: To ensure the development accords with the approved details and protects the visual amenity of the area in accordance with Policy SDC1 of the Local Plan (2019).
- INFORMATIVE 2: Lighting can have a harmful effect on bats impacting on their use of a roost and also their commuting routes and foraging areas. Light falling on a roost access point is likely to delay bats from emerging, which can be especially damaging around dusk as that is when there is a peak in the number of insects. Lighting can also attract insects away from bat foraging areas, reducing food availability in darker areas. In the worst case scenario, it can cause the bats to desert the roost. Bats and their ‘roost’ sites are fully protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (as amended) and the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 (as amended), the latter of which deems them a Protected Species. Bats, birds and other nocturnal mammals should always be taken into account when lighting is being considered. It is respectfully advised that lighting is kept to a minimum around the roof area and is limited to illuminating the ground and not any possible access points or foraging corridor. For further advice on this please contact the WCC Ecological Services on 01926 418060.
- INFORMATIVE 1: The granting of this planning permission does not in any way indemnify against statutory nuisance action being taken should substantiated complaints within the remit of the Environmental Protection Act, 1990 be received.
