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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8 - 10 Great George Street London SW1P 3AE
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8 - 10 Great George Street London SW1P 3AE
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View council mapAmendments to planning permission dated 08 November 2019 (RN: 19/02730/FULL) for the Use of part ground and upper floors as a 134-room hotel (Class C1); use of part lower ground as a leisure suite (Class D2); use of ground floor as restaurant/bar (Class A3/A4), external alterations, including demolition to include the removal of the rooftop plant enclosures and replacement with a single-storey extension, remodelling of the Little Sanctuary elevation and introduction of balconies and lightwells. NAMELY, to amend the description of development so that the reference to a 134-room hotel is amended to identify 134 rooms as the maximum number of hotel rooms permitted as part of the development.
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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 Sept 2026 | View |
| RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONOther · PDF | 11 Sept 2026 | View |
| APPLICATIONFORMREDACTEDApplication Form · PDF | 4 Sept 2026 | View |
| FEECALCULATIONBackground Papers · PDF | 4 Sept 2026 | View |
| ATTACHMENTSUMMARYBackground Papers · PDF | 4 Sept 2026 | View |
| SITE LOCATION PLANDrawing · PDF | 4 Sept 2026 | View |
| COVER LETTERBackground Papers · PDF | 4 Sept 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Understand pending consideration, approved, refused and withdrawn planning applications.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.