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
Certificate of Lawfulness for a proposed 1no. single storey classroom building with canopy.
Proposal details
- Reference
- R26/0089
- Alternative references
- PP-14628121
- Ward
- Paddox
- Parish
- Unparished
- UPRN
- 100071578030
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| R'cd 27.01.26Supporting Information | Not published | View |
| Proposed Site plan r'cd 27.01.26Site Plan | Not published | View |
| Proposed Floor plan r'cd 27.01.26Proposed Plans | Not published | View |
| Proposed Floor plan r'cd 27.01.26Proposed Plans | Not published | View |
| Existing Site plan r'cd 27.01.26Site Plan | Not published | View |
| R'cd 27.01.26Application Form | Not published | View |
| R'cd 03.02.26Site Location Plan | 4 Feb 2026 | View |
| ApasTemplate_8553.pdfOfficer Report | 27 Mar 2026 | View |
| 736964Decision_CL_Approval_366.pdfDecision Notice | 27 Mar 2026 | View |
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Application timeline
Council milestones and published deadlines. A deadline passing does not confirm a decision.
Publicity 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 sourceDecision expiry date
Published deadlineA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council source
Decision & conditions
736964Decision_CL_Approval_366.pdfPlanning conditions
- Rugby Borough Council hereby certify that on the application date above the operations described in the First Schedule hereto in respect of the land specified in the Second Schedule hereto and edged red on the plan attached to this certificate would be lawful within the meaning of section 192 of the Town and County Planning Act 1990 (as amended) for the following reasons: The proposed classroom building meets the permitted development requirements of Schedule 2, Part 7, Class M of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended). FIRST SCHEDULE: Proposed classroom building as identified in the following documents: Application form Existing site plan, drawing no. 006A Proposed site plan, drawing no. 008A Proposed floor plan, drawing no. 001A Proposed elevations, drawing no. 005A Received by Council, 27/01/2026 Site location plan, drawing no. 007B Received by Council, 03/02/2026 SECOND SCHEDULE: Avon Park School, ST JOHNS AVENUE, RUGBY, CV22 5HR as edged in red on the plan attached to this certificate.
- NOTES: 1. This certificate is issued solely for the purpose of sections 192 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended). 2. It certifies that the operations specified in the First Schedule taking place on the land described in the Second Schedule would be lawful, on the specified date and, thus, would not have been liable to enforcement action under Part 7 of the 1990 Act on that date. 3. This certificate applies only to the extent of the operations described in the First Schedule and to the land specified in the Second Schedule and identified on the attached plan. Any operations which are materially different from that described or which relate to other land may render the owner or occupier liable to enforcement action. 4. The effect of the certificate is also qualified by the proviso in section 192(4) of the 1990 Act, as amended, which states that the lawfulness of a described use or operation is only conclusively presumed where there has been no material change, before the use is instituted or the operations begun, in any of the matters relevant to determining such lawfulness.
