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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15-17 Tavistock Place London WC1H 9SH
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15-17 Tavistock Place London WC1H 9SH
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View location mapVarious amendments to design and layout of scheme approved by planning permission ref 2017/5914/P dated 27/06/2018 for Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) of planning permission ref 2015/3406/P dated 27/01/2017 (for Demolition of existing shed buildings and erection of a part single, part two-storey, part three-storey medical research laboratory and higher education facility with basement accommodation on 2 floors and associated plant on roof).
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