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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15 Great James Street London WC1N 3DP
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Change of use of the building, including extensions as approved by planning permission ref 2019/3871/P dated 11.6.20 (for the excavation of basement extension and erection of part single-storey, part four-storey rear extension above; formation of roof terraces at first and main roof levels; erection of dormer roof extension and installation of 2 rooflights to rear roofslope), from business (Class E) to a single residential dwelling (Class C3), plus minor additional external amendments including additional rooflight at ground floor level and new windows to the rear courtyard.
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