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.
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1 Chiltern Street London W1U 7PA
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1 Chiltern Street London W1U 7PA
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View council mapAmendments to planning permission dated 28th February 2025 (RN: 23/02315/FULL) for, "Use of the fire station as a 26 bed hotel (Class C1). Demolition of part of the existing building at the rear, including demolition of enclosures in the ground floor and basement courtyards and demolition of the steel practice tower. Erection of a part three and five-storey wing to main building. Excavation of courtyard to create basement level accommodation, including plant room. Rear extensions to main building. External and internal alterations"; Namely, infill of existing arrow slit window in north gable, new dishwasher extract/louvres onto Broadstone Place, new internal floorplans to reflect enlarged doorways and escape routes and the reversing of a doorway onto Chiltern Street for service access, amendments to description of development to state up to 26 bedrooms and alterations to basement layout and use to include relocation of ground floor function room.
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Sign in to view collected details| Document | Published | Action |
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| GRANT NON MATERIAL AMENDMENTDecision Notice · PDF | 16 Sept 2026 | View |
| DELEGATED REPORTReport · PDF | 16 Sept 2026 | View |
| ACK - NON-MATERIAL AMENDMENTBackground Papers · PDF | 14 Aug 2026 | View |
| RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONOther · PDF | 12 Aug 2026 | View |
| 1ST INVALID LETTERBackground Papers · PDF | 12 Aug 2026 | View |
| EXISTING REAR ELEVATION (POST-FIRE)Drawing · PDF | 12 Aug 2026 | View |
| EXISTING REAR ELEVATION (PRE-FIRE)Drawing · PDF | 12 Aug 2026 | View |
| PROPOSED BASEMENT PLANDrawing · PDF | 12 Aug 2026 | View |
| PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLANDrawing · PDF | 12 Aug 2026 | View |
| PROPOSED REAR ELEVATIONDrawing · PDF | 12 Aug 2026 | View |
| PROPOSED FOURTH FLOOR PLANDrawing · PDF | 12 Aug 2026 | View |
| PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR PLANDrawing · PDF | 12 Aug 2026 | View |
| APPLICATIONFORMREDACTEDApplication Form · PDF | 5 Aug 2026 | View |
| DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENTDesign and Access Statement · PDF | 5 Aug 2026 | View |
| COVER LETTERBackground Papers · PDF | 5 Aug 2026 | View |
| HERITAGE IMPACT ASSESSMENTHeritage Statement · PDF | 5 Aug 2026 | View |
| EXISTING BASEMENT PLAN (PRE-FIRE)Drawing · PDF | 5 Aug 2026 | View |
| EXISTING GROUND FLOOR PLAN (PRE-FIRE)Drawing · PDF | 5 Aug 2026 | View |
| LOCATION PLANLocation Plan · PDF | 5 Aug 2026 | View |
| EXISTING 1ST FLOOR PLANDrawing · PDF | 5 Aug 2026 | View |
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Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand pending consideration, approved, refused and withdrawn planning applications. Compare status labels and find the documents explaining each outcome.
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.