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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43 Great Russell Street London Camden WC1B 3PD
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Non-material amendment to planning permission (2020/1426/P) dated 13/05/2021 (for: Reinstatement of shopfront door and windows on Great Russell Street and Coptic Street at ground floor, repair and decoration of facade and replacement of modern windows. Installation of new roof plant with a noise enclosure, replacement of dumb waiter with new lift shaft and associated roof works and blocked pavement lights on Coptic Street to be reinstated), namely to; install additional and rearrange smoke vent equipment at roof level including a small opening in the existing roof access for smoke extract ductwork; replace the existing first floor staircase window with a sash window; and alterations to rooflight and parapet wall to rear basement stair enclosure at first floor level.
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