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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Lethaby Building, Former Cochrane Theatre, 12-42 Southampton Row & 1-4 Red Lion Square (Former University Of Westminster Central St Martins College Campus) London WC1B
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Redevelopment of the site including refurbishment of the Lethaby Building, partial demolition, external alterations, basement excavations and extensions to the existing buildings to form a hotel (Use Class C1), with flexible ground floor and basement uses including retail/restaurant/drinking establishment (Use Class A1/A3/A4), office (Use Class B1), exhibition and lecture halls (Use Class D1/D2/C1). Bar/restaurant spaces (Use Class A3/A4) at first, and upper floor levels with associated roof terrace. Erection of standalone block comprising a cultural use (Use Class D1) at ground and first floor level with affordable residential housing (Use Class C3) above with provision of balconies, terraces and a roof terrace. Re-instatement of former Orange Street, together with highway improvements, public realm, landscaping, cycling parking, waste storage and other associated works.
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