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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 advert consent for illuminated X 1 sign board above the entrance of the shop and 2 X non illuminated advertisement on the facia board at the front of the premises and an internally illuminated projected sign
Proposal details
- Reference
- R26/0030
- Alternative references
- PP-14610598
- Ward
- Benn
- Parish
- Unparished
- Agent
- DARSHIKA SHAH
- UPRN
- 100071360439
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation Plans and Block Plan Rec'd 27/01/2026Elevations | 27 Jan 2026 | View |
| Sustainability Checklist Rec'd 27/01/2026Sustainability Checklist | 27 Jan 2026 | View |
| Photograph Example of shopfront Rec'd 27/01/2026Photographs | 27 Jan 2026 | View |
| Site Location Plan Rec'd 27/01/2026Site Location Plan | 27 Jan 2026 | View |
| Application Form Redacted Rec'd 03/02/2026Application Form | 3 Feb 2026 | View |
| Heritage Statement Rec'd 04/02/2026Heritage Statement | 9 Feb 2026 | View |
| Design and Access and Heritage Statement Rec'd 09/01/2026Design and Access Statement | 9 Feb 2026 | View |
| 746452Decision_ADV_Refusal_31.pdfDecision Notice | 24 Apr 2026 | View |
| ApasTemplate_8634.pdfOfficer Report | 24 Apr 2026 | View |
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Application timeline
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Decision & conditions
746452Decision_ADV_Refusal_31.pdfPlanning conditions
- Reason for Refusal: The retrospective advertisement sign, due to its sizing, design and colour are considered to be visually intrusive features within the street scene and therefore detrimental to the character and appearance of the Rugby Town Centre Conservation Area along with the Listed Building itself. This is further hindered by illuminated lettering which exacerbates the prominence of the advertisement. The development is therefore considered to be contrary to Policy SDC1 and SDC3 of the Rugby Borough Council Local Plan 2011-2031 (June 2019) and section 12 of the NPPF (2024) along with the Shopfronts Design Guide Supplementary Planning Document (2024).
- 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: 1 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.
