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
Details of conditions 4 (Noise Assessment) and 8 (bird and bat box details) on permission R22/0861. (Erection of Unit for Employment Use (Class B2) with Ancillary Offices, Car Parking and Landscaping.)
Proposal details
- Reference
- R26/0047
- Alternative references
- PP-14620570
- Ward
- Revel & Binley Woods
- Parish
- Coombe Fields
- Agent
- John Pearce
- UPRN
- 10094757011
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Covering letter R'cd 14.01.2026Condition Info / Plan | Not published | View |
| Noise Report R'cd 14.01.2026Noise Report | Not published | View |
| Site Layout Plan R'cd 14.01.2026Site Plan | Not published | View |
| Application Form - Without Personal Data R'cd 14.01.2026Application Form | Not published | View |
| Decision Notice 30.01.2026Decision Notice | 30 Jan 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 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 sourceDecision due date
Past published deadlineA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council sourceDecision expiry date
Published deadlineA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council source
Decision & conditions
Decision Notice 30.01.2026Planning conditions
- CONDITION 4: Prior to commencement of above ground works a noise assessment shall be undertaken by a suitably qualified person and be submitted in writing to and approved by the Local Planning Authority. It shall assess the existing and predicted noise levels that could adversely affect existing noise sensitive receptors and consider nearby commercial receptors. Regard shall be had to noise from air handling plant and noise from operations including loading/unloading. Regard may be had to BS8233:2014, BS4142:2014+A1: 2019 and the World Health Organisation (WHO) Guidelines for Community Noise. The report shall include recommendations for any necessary acoustic mitigation works, to protect the existing residents both inside their dwellings and their external amenity spaces, having regard to current guidance. Any recommended works shall be completed prior to operation of the development and shall be maintained thereafter. REASON: In the interests of residential amenity and to ensure the details are acceptable to the Local Planning Authority
- CONDITION 8: No part of the development hereby permitted shall be commenced until a scheme for the provision of 1x bat box and 1x bird nest box to be erected on trees/buildings within the site has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The scheme to include details of box type, location and timing of works. Thereafter, the boxes shall be installed and maintained in perpetuity. REASON: To ensure that protected species are not harmed by the development.
