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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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Central Somers Town covering land at Polygon Road Open Space, Edith Neville Primary School, 174 Ossulston Street and Purchese Street Open Space London NW1 1DN
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Details pursuant to condition 138 (External Air Quality Monitoring and Alert System) of planning permission reference 2015/2704/P dated 14/10/2016, as amended by permission reference 2019/5882/P dated 01/07/2020 and varied by reference 2020/4631/P dated 23/04/21 (for demolition of existing buildings and the provision of replacement school; community facilities; flexible A1/A2/A3/D1 floorspace and 136 residential units over 7 buildings ranging from 3 to 25 storeys in height comprising: Plot 1: Community uses at ground floor to include demolition of existing buildings and the provision of replacement school; community facilities; flexible A1/A2/A3/D1 floorspace and 136 residential units over 7 buildings ranging from 3 to 25 storeys in height comprising: Plot 1: Community uses at ground floor to include a children's nursery and community play facility with 10 residential units above; Plot 2: 35 residential units over flexible A1/A2/A3/D1 floorspace at ground level; Plot 3: Extension of Grade II listed terrace to provide 3 dwellings; Plot 4: Replacement school; Plot 5: 20 residential units over a replacement community hall; Plot 6: 14 residential units; and Plot 7: 54 residential units over flexible A1/A2/A3/D1 floorspace at ground level. Provision of 11,765 sqm of public open space along with associated highways works and landscaping. Namely, to include amendments to architectural design, building footprint, internal layouts, quantum of residential units, structural column positions and the energy strategy, in relation to Plot 7, Central Somers Town.)
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