Section 73 application for the variation of condition 2 of planning permission Y15/0072/SH to allow omission of four of the residential units from the first and second floors and the replacement with 236 sq.m (two floors of 118 sq.m) of commercial use space with a flexible use class of A1 retail), A2 (financial and professional services), B1 (business) and D2 (assembly and leisure); replacement of the approved glass curtain walling system combining transparent openable windows and back painted insulated glass panels, with an insulated rendered facade and aluminium framed windows set; lowering of the cills of the windows to floor level; rearrangement of the windows; alterations to the projecting fins that formed part of the curtain walling; and the change of roofing material on the third floor mansard roof from vertical zinc standing seam to insulated render. (Approved scheme - erection of a four and five storey building incorporating the retained facade of 69 The Old High Street, following the demolition of the remainder of the building in order to create 415 sq. metres of commercial floor space with a flexible use spanning use classes A1 (retail), A2 (financial and professional services), A3 (restaurants and cafes), A4 (drinking establishments), B1 (business) and D2 (assembly and leisure) at lower ground and ground floor level in The Old High Street and at ground and first floor level in Tontine Street, together with eight self-contained residential units above)

69 The Old High Street Folkestone Kent CT20 1RN