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
Prior Approval for demolition and removal of single storey brick built commercial building with concrete floor slab and single skinned cement sheet roof containing asbestos.
Proposal details
- Reference
- R26/0001
- Alternative references
- PP-14585138
- Ward
- New Bilton
- Parish
- Unparished
- UPRN
- 10010521354
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| R'cd 22.12.25Site Location Plan | Not published | View |
| R'cd 22.12.25Application Form | Not published | View |
| Demolition Method StatementSupporting Information | 29 Jan 2026 | View |
| 21B_Paynes_Lane.pdfOfficer Report | 3 Feb 2026 | View |
| 716839Decision_DEM_not_required_31.pdfDecision Notice | 3 Feb 2026 | View |
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Application timeline
Council milestones and published deadlines. A deadline passing does not confirm a decision.
Decision due date
Past published deadlineA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council sourceConsultation 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 sourceExtension date
Past published deadlineA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council source
Decision & conditions
716839Decision_DEM_not_required_31.pdfPlanning conditions
- INFORMATIVE 1: Many buildings contain wildlife such as bats and nesting birds that are protected by law. Works carried out under Permitted Development Rights do not override the protection afforded to these species and their habitats. You must take steps to ensure that the work you are carrying out will not harm any protected species, and if it may do so you must also obtain permission from Natural England prior to carrying out the work. WCC Ecological Services have suggested that the proposed works may impact bats and advise that a bat survey should be carried out. For more information on protected species please see https://www.bats.org.uk/advice/im-working-on-a-building-with-bats
- INFORMATIVE 2: 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.
