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 condition 14 (Habitat Management & Maintenance Plan) and 15 (Construction Environment Management Plan)(Biodiversity) of R25/0653 (Erection of a 66 bed care home (C2 Use Class) and associated communal facilities, including car parking, landscaping and associated infrastructure.)
Proposal details
- Reference
- R26/0102
- Alternative references
- PP-14655854
- Ward
- Hillmorton
- Parish
- Clifton Upon Dunsmore
- Agent
- Alistair Wood
- UPRN
- 10096545965
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Condition 15: Construction Managment Plan - 30.01.2026Condition Info / Plan | Not published | View |
| Condition 14: Habitat Management & Monitoring Plan - 30.01.2026Superseded | Not published | View |
| The location plan R'cd 30.01.2026Site Location Plan | Not published | View |
| Application Form - Without Personal Data R'cd 30.01.2026Application Form | Not published | View |
| Redacted Cover Letter R'cd 30.01.2026Supporting Information | 3 Feb 2026 | View |
| Condition 14: Habitat Management & Monitoring Plan v1.1 - 03.03.2026Condition Info / Plan | 4 Mar 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 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 sourceDecision expiry date
Published deadlineA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council source
Decision & conditions
Planning conditions
- CONDITION 15: No development shall take place (including demolition, ground works and vegetation clearance) until a (CEMP: Biodiversity) has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The CEMP (Biodiversity) shall include the following: a) Risk assessment of potentially damaging construction activities. b) Identification of biodiversity protection zones. c) Practical measures (both physical measures and sensitive working practices) to avoid or reduce impacts during construction (may be provided as a set of method statements). d) The location and timing of sensitive works to avoid harm to biodiversity features. e) The times during construction when specialist ecologists need to be present on site to oversee works. f) Responsible persons and lines of communication. g) The role and responsibilities on site of an ecological clerk of works (ECoW) or similarly competent person. h) Use of protective fences, exclusion barriers and warning signs. The approved CEMP shall be adhered to and implemented throughout the construction period strictly in accordance with the approved details, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the local planning authority. REASON: To ensure that protected species are not harmed by the development
- CONDITION 14: A Habitat Management and Monitoring Plan (HMMP) for a minimum 30-year timeframe shall be submitted to, and be approved in writing by, the local planning authority prior to the commencement of the development. The content of the HMMP shall include the following: a) Description and evaluation of features to be managed. b) Ecological trends and constraints on site that might influence management. c) Aims and objectives of management. d) Appropriate management options for achieving aims and objectives. e) Prescriptions for management actions. f) Preparation of a work schedule (including annual work plan capable of rolling forward over a five-year period). g) Details of the body or organisation responsible for implantation of the plan. h) Ongoing monitoring and remedial measures. i) The completed statutory metric applied to the application site to demonstrate that a biodiversity net gain will be achieved. j) Locations and numbers of bat and bird boxes, reptile, and amphibian refugia, invertebrate boxes k) Details of the legal and funding mechanism(s) by which long-term implementation of the plan will be secured by the developer with the management body(ies) responsible for its delivery. The plan shall also set out (where results from monitoring show that conservation aims and objectives of the HMMP are not being met) how contingencies and/or remedial action will be identified, agreed, and implemented so that the development still delivers the fully functioning biodiversity objectives of the originally approved scheme. The approved plan will be implemented in accordance with the approved details. REASON: To ensure a mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain in accordance with the Environment Act, the NPPF and to safeguard biodiversity in accordance with the Local Plan Policy NE1.
