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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32 Torrington Square London WC1E 7JL
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32 Torrington Square London WC1E 7JL
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View location mapAmendments (including addition of lettering to the front elevation of new Annex building and sign panels to both entrance doors; change to type and location of bike store; omission of front railings to new Annex building; changes to cross over; relocation of death mask to the interior of no. 32) to planning permission ref: 2017/4300/P dated 20/03/2018 for the Restoration of 32 Torrington Square including internal changes together with erection of a 4-storey new annex building (plus basement) within the gap land to the north to accommodate a research facility (Toddler Lab) for Birkbeck, University of London (Class D1 Use).
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