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.
Council planning record
Selkirk House, 166 High Holborn, 1 Museum Street, 10-12 Museum Street, 35-41 New Oxford Street and 16A-18 West Central Street, London WC1A 1JR
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Alterations, including part-demolition, to 10-12 Museum Street and 35 and 37 New Oxford Street, to provide flats and townhouses. Demolition of closet wing to 10 Museum Street, infill of door openings. Demolition of modern rear extension to 11-12 Museum Street from ground to third floors, rebuilding of rear wall. Removal of non-original staircase and internal walls to 11-12 Museum Street along with new layouts and thermal upgrades including internal wall insulation, to facilitate new flats. New bridge links to 12 Museum Street from 16a-18 West Central Street. Removal of non-original partition walls to 35 and 37 New Oxford Street, reinstatement of historic room layouts, thermal upgrades. Across listed buildings: New kitchens, bathrooms and sanitaryware; Introduction of slimline double-glazed retrofit vacuum glazing to existing window joinery, limited replacement frames; New internal and external doors; Façade refurbishment works; Conservation and restoration of historic joinery, plasterwork, fireplaces and other features of heritage importance. Courtyard garden linking buildings at first floor level above ground floor shared services, with new and amended openings to listed buildings to provide access. New and restored retail frontages to all buildings.
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