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
Retrospective application for Listed Building consent to display a 1X illuminated advertisement above the entrance door and 2 X non-illuminated signs on the facia and an internally illuminated projecting sign
Proposal details
- Reference
- R26/0029
- Alternative references
- PP-14610565
- Ward
- Benn
- Parish
- Unparished
- Agent
- DARSHIKA SHAH
- UPRN
- 100071360439
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Design and Access and Heritage Statement Rec'd 09/01/2026Design and Access Statement | Not published | View |
| Sustainability Checklist Rec'd 27/01/2026Sustainability Checklist | 28 Jan 2026 | View |
| Proposed Elevations and Block Plan Rec'd 27/01/2026Proposed Plans | 28 Jan 2026 | View |
| Site Location Plan Rec'd 27/01/2026Site Location Plan | 28 Jan 2026 | View |
| Example photograph of shopfront Rec'd 27/01/2026Photographs | 28 Jan 2026 | View |
| Application Form Redacted Rec'd 28/01/2026Application Form | 2 Feb 2026 | View |
| Heritage Statement Rec'd 04/02/2026Heritage Statement | 9 Feb 2026 | View |
| ApasTemplate_8640.pdfOfficer Report | 24 Apr 2026 | View |
| 746460Decision_LBC_Refusal_5.pdfDecision Notice | 24 Apr 2026 | 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 sourceStatutory expiry date
Past published deadlineA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council sourceSite notice end 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 sourceDecision due date
Past published deadlineA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council source
Decision & conditions
746460Decision_LBC_Refusal_5.pdfPlanning conditions
- Reason for Refusal: By virtue of its design, colour and siting, the retrospective development is harmful to the character, context and setting of the Grade II listed building. The development is therefore detrimental to this heritage asset, and contrary to Policy SDC1 and SDC3 of the Rugby Borough Local Plan, Section 16(2) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990, and Chapter 16 of the National Planning Policy Framework, which all seek to conserve and enhance the historic environment.
- RELEVANT DEVELOPMENT PLAN POLICIES & GUIDANCE: Rugby Local Plan 2011-2031 (2019) SDC1: Sustainable Design SDC3: Protecting and Enhancing the Historic Environment National Planning Policy Framework (2024) Shopfronts Design Guide Supplementary Planning Document (2024) The development plan policies referred to above are available for inspection on the Rugby Borough Council’s web-site www.rugby.gov.uk .
- INFORMATIVE: The applicant is advised that this case has now been referred to the Planning Enforcement Team for further action. They will contact you in due course to advise you of their course of action and also to set out what you are required to do.
