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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283 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8QF
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283 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8QF
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View location mapDetails required by conditions 4a (Window specifications), 4b (Facing materials specifications) and 5 (Sound insulation specifications) of planning permission reference 2018/5175/P dated 24/06/19 (for change of use of 1st, 2nd and 3rd floors from Class A2 use to create 2 residential units (Class C3) together with extensions and alterations including mansard roof extension with 2 front dormers, rear extension, roof terrace to the rear of 2nd floor, infill of ground floor light well, and shopfront alterations).
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