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
Construction of 3no. single storey wooden stables, tack room and hay/feed store and change of use to equestrian land.
Proposal details
- Reference
- R25/1042
- Alternative references
- PP-14515553
- Ward
- Wolvey & Shilton
- Parish
- Wolvey
- Agent
- Mike Smith
- UPRN
- 100070175549
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| R'cd 26.11.25Planning Statement | Not published | View |
| Proposed Floor and Elevation plans r'cd 26.11.25Superseded | Not published | View |
| R'cd 26.11.25Site Location Plan | Not published | View |
| BNG Metric r'cd 26.11.25Supporting Information | 1 Dec 2025 | View |
| R'cd 26.11.25Sustainability Checklist | 1 Dec 2025 | View |
| Block plan r'cd 10.12.25Block Plan | 15 Dec 2025 | View |
| Proposed Landscape plan r'cd 10.12.25Proposed Plans | 15 Dec 2025 | View |
| Proposed Floor and Elevation plans r'cd 10.12.25Proposed Plans | 15 Dec 2025 | View |
| R'cd 10.12.25Application Form | 16 Dec 2025 | View |
| ApasTemplate_8804.pdfOfficer Report | 5 Jun 2026 | View |
| 762288Decision_Approval_Planning_Permission_8215.pdfDecision Notice | 5 Jun 2026 | View |
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Application timeline
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Decision & conditions
762288Decision_Approval_Planning_Permission_8215.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: 1 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, Scale 1:1250 Received by Council, 26/11/2025 Proposed block plan, Scale 1:1250 Rev A Proposed landscape plan, Scale 1:1250 Rev A Proposed floor plans and elevations, Scale 1:100 Rev A Received by Council, 10/12/2025 REASON: 2 For the avoidance of doubt and to ensure that the details of the development are acceptable to the Local Planning Authority.
- CONDITION: 3 The facing materials to be used on the external walls and roof shall be as specified on the application form, received by the Council on 26/11/2025 and on plan Proposed floor plans and elevations, Scale 1:100 Rev A, received by the Council on 10/12/2025. REASON: 3 To ensure a satisfactory external appearance and for the avoidance of doubt.
- CONDITION: 4 The proposed development of wooden stables, tack room and store shall only be used for the stabling of animals for private purposes by the residents of 25 Croft Close, Wolvey and shall not be used for the holding of competitions, exhibitions, hiring of horses or other business activities. REASON: 4 In the interest of the amenities of the locality and to ensure the development proposed is acceptable.
- CONDITION: 5 No external lighting shall be erected on the application site in association with the change of use of the land and stables hereby approved unless and until full details of the type, design and location of all lighting has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. REASON: 5 To ensure a satisfactory external appearance and in the interests of the visual amenities of the locality.
- CONDITION: 6 Habitat Management and Monitoring Plan (HMMP) A Habitat Management and Monitoring Plan (HMMP) for a minimum 30-year timeframe shall be submitted to, and be approved in writing by, the local planning authority prior to the commencement of the development. The content of the HMMP shall include the following: a) Description and evaluation of features to be managed. b) Ecological trends and constraints on site that might influence management. c) Aims and objectives of management. d) Appropriate management options for achieving aims and objectives. e) Prescriptions for management actions. f) Preparation of a work schedule (including annual work plan capable of rolling forward over a five-year period). g) Details of the body or organisation responsible for implantation of the plan. h) Ongoing monitoring and remedial measures. i) The completed statutory metric applied to the application site to demonstrate that a biodiversity net gain will be achieved. j) Locations and numbers of bat and bird boxes, reptile, and amphibian refugia, invertebrate boxes k) Details of the legal and funding mechanism(s) by which long-term implementation of the plan will be secured by the developer with the management body(ies) responsible for its delivery. The plan shall also set out (where results from monitoring show that conservation aims and objectives of the HMMP are not being met) how contingencies and/or remedial action will be identified, agreed, and implemented so that the development still delivers the fully functioning biodiversity objectives of the originally approved scheme. The approved plan will be implemented in accordance with the approved details. REASON: To ensure a mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain in accordance with the Environment Act, the NPPF and to safeguard biodiversity in accordance with the Local Plan Policy NE1.
- CONDITION: 7 No waste from the stables or agricultural outbuilding hereby approved shall be burnt on the site. REASON: In the interests of the amenity of the surrounding area.
- INFORMATIVE: Buildings of all ages and trees with suitable features (i.e. rot-holes, cracks, fissures) are frequently used by roosting bats. 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) making them a European Protected Species. It is a criminal offence to disturb, obstruct or destroy a bat ‘roost’, even if the roost is only occasionally used. Where a bat ‘roost’ is present a licence may be necessary to carry out any works. Further information about species licensing and legislation can be obtained from the Species Licensing Service on 0208 261089. The applicant is advised that to ensure no bats are endangered during destructive works, the roof tiles should be removed carefully by hand. If evidence of bats is found during works, work should stop immediately and Natural England must be contacted on 02080 261089 for advice on the best way to proceed. Work should avoid disturbance to nesting birds. Birds can nest in many places including buildings, trees, shrubs dense ivy, and bramble/rose scrub. Nesting birds are protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (as amended). The main nesting season, lasts approximately from March to September inclusive, so work should ideally take place outside these dates if at all possible. N.B birds can nest at any time, and the site should ideally be checked by a suitably qualified ecologist for their presence immediately before work starts, especially if during the breeding season.
- INFORMATIVE: This permission does not convey any legal or civil right to undertake works that affect land or premises outside of the applicant's control. Care should be taken upon commencement and during the course of building operations to ensure that no part of the development, including the foundations, eaves and roof overhang will encroach on, under or over adjoining land without the consent of the adjoining landowner.
- INFORMATIVE: In view of the ponds nearby and records from 2013, care should be taken during ground clearance prior to development. If evidence of great crested newts is found during development, work should stop immediately while Natural England are contacted on 0300 060 3900 for advice on the best way to proceed. Great Crested Newts and their habitat (aquatic and terrestrial areas) are protected under the 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Act (as amended), the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 and The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019. Where newts are present a licence may be necessary to carry out works. Further information about species licensing and legislation can be obtained from the Species Licensing Service on 0300 060 3900.
- INFORMATIVE: Where possible enhancements should be incorporated into the development to improve the habitats and opportunities for the local wildlife and increase biodiversity. Enhancements could include bat and bird boxes which may be used by a variety of species, native species planting and enhancement of existing of hedges and wild flower planting, habitat piles of rubble, logs and earth which can be used by reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates are also welcomed. The WCC Ecological Services (tel: 01926 418060) would be pleased to advise further if required.
- DEEMED CONDITION: In accordance with the Environmental Act 2021, Schedule 14, paragraph 13 and the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 Schedule 7A, paragraph 13: the development may not be begun unless— (a) a biodiversity gain plan has been submitted to the planning authority, and (b) the planning authority has approved the plan. The planning authority, for the purposes of determining whether to approve a Biodiversity Gain Plan in respect of this permission would be Rugby Borough Council.
