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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Panther House, 38 Mount Pleasant, Brain Yard and 156-164 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X
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Variation of Condition 2 (Approved Plans) of planning permission ref: 2015/6955/P dated 01/11/2017 (as amended by 2020/1368/P dated 14/04/2020 and 2021/1918/P dated 07/07/2021) for: ('Redevelopment of the site to provide a 7 storey (plus plant and basement) buildings at Panther House and Brain Yard for predominantly employment uses (including subsidised workspaces) and a new 7 storey (plus plant and basement) building at 156-164 Gray's Inn Road to provide flexible retail/restaurant uses with 15 self-contained residential units (including 3 Intermediate Rent flats) at the upper levels (summary)). THE CHANGES include: namely relocation of the main office entrance and reception, internal and external alterations and extensions to Panther House and the building fronting Gray's Inn Road, consolidation of the plant room at 4th floor of Brain Yard building to roof level of Panther House, removal of 'Lower Ground Floor 2' basement floorspace and replacement of glazed curtain walling at 2nd to 4th floor at Brain Yard building.
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