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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Space House 1 Kemble Street and 43-59 Kingsway London WC2B 6TE
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Variation of conditions 2 (approved drawings), 3 (details) of listed building consent reference 2019/2790/L granted 26/11/2019 for the erection of extensions to tower and Kingsway blocks, new glazing to the existing enclosure of the southern external stair on Kingsway; enclosure of the redundant petrol filling station area; façade cleaning; new landscaping and public realm works and internal alterations to both buildings in connection with their refurbishment and change of use from Class B1 offices to Class A1/A3 and flexible Class B1 / events space (sui generis) (summary). Amendments include: external and internal design changes to the approved scheme including installation of green roof to Kingsway roof and changes to windows; changes to the BMU equipment and AOVs; revisions to basement layouts; alterations to approved car parking, cycle parking and landscaping; correction of red line boundary; removal of reference to green walls and addition of new details to condition 3.
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