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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298 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8DX
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Change of use on lower ground floor and ground floor from Class E (Estate agents) to Class E (b) (restaurant) and sui generis (hot food takeaway) including erection of kitchen extract duct from roof of single storey rear extension up rear elevation to above roof of rear three storey rear element.
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