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Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Council planning record
Radius Longfield Centre, Fairfax Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1AY
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Full removal and replacement of External Facade and areas above 1st Floor/Podium level for 3 Number residential blocks for the purposes of Fire remediation. These works will enable the existing combustible insulation in the walls to be removed, new cement board to the internal skin of the partition wall and new fire barriers to be installed. Fire Risk Assessment of External Walls have been undertaken for this building determined the life safety risk to be High. The Building is an HRB and over 18metres and is subject to a BSR application for Building Regulations. Combustible materials within the wall type are recommended to be removed and replaced with materials that achieve minimum Euro class A2-s1, d0. It is recommended that cavity barriers or fire stops be installed within the external wall system in line with the current building regulations There are 5 different external facade types and one timber decking type with the proposals to reinstate with new materials and products. EW01 - Wall Type 1: Masonry cavity wall Existing facing brick remove New brick slips to match existing, new non-combustible insulation EW02 - Wall Type 2: Rendered blockwork Block and render removed and new non-combustible render system incorporated EW03 - Wall Type 3: Zinc Standing Seam Blockwork removed and zinc cladding reinstated with new carrier system, support rails and non-combustible insulation EW04 - Wall Type 4: Insulated Sandwich Panel Existing insulation removed and replaced with EuroClad Europanel range to match existing, EW05 - Timber balcony decking fixed to steel sub-structure Existing timber balcony decking removed and replaced with Ali Deck EW06 - Wall Type 6: Timber Cladding Existing blockwork timber cladding and battens removed and replaced with Evverlap Plank (non combustible fibre cement) lapped
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View council map| Document | Published | Action |
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| Location planLocation Plan | Not published | View |
| Location planLocation Plan | Not published | View |
| BNG exemptionSupporting Document | Not published | View |
| Cement weatherboard claddingSupporting Document | Not published | View |
| Aluminium claddingSupporting Document | Not published | View |
| Acrylic brick slip external wall insulation systemSupporting Document | Not published | View |
| External wall insulation systemSupporting Document | Not published | View |
| Acrylic brick slip systemsSupporting Document | Not published | View |
| Aluminium decking boardSupporting Document | Not published | View |
| Colourcoat prisma specSupporting Document | Not published | View |
| Existing & proposed wall type EW03 & EW03 variant sheet 2Supporting Document | Not published | View |
| Existing & proposed wall type EW01 & EW02 sheet1Supporting Document | Not published | View |
| Existing & proposed wall type EW04 & EW06 sheet 3All plans | Not published | View |
| Proposed elevations 7 & 8All plans | Not published | View |
| Proposed elevations 5 & 6All plans | Not published | View |
| Proposed elevations 3 & 4All plans | Not published | View |
| Proposed elevations 1 & 2All plans | Not published | View |
| Existing elevations 5 & 6All plans | Not published | View |
| Existing elevations 3 & 4All plans | Not published | View |
| Existing elevations 1 & 2All plans | Not published | View |
| Europanel - product data sheetSupporting Document | Not published | View |
| Existing & proposed terrace detailsAll plans | Not published | View |
| 1st Floor podium deck worksAll plans | Not published | View |
| Existing elevations 7 & 8All plans | Not published | View |
| Various works - roof terrace worksAll plans | Not published | View |
| Application formApplication form | Not published | View |
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