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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120 Holborn London Camden EC1N 2TD
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Extensions and alterations including: removal of rooftop plant and the addition of an additional storey on the west side (adjacent to Leather Lane) and the retention of 10 storeys, with rooftop plant and terraces atop on the east side (Holborn/Hatton Garden). Facade renewal (replacement of stone cladding with metal cladding and replacement window (bays), provision of new balconies on Holborn Circus elevation. Reconfigurations to provide extended commercial and retail floorspace (Class E) on the ground floor and to re-provide affordable jewellery workspace and competitive socialising (sui generis)/Class E space on the lower ground floor. Reconfiguration of entrances and servicing arrangements, new hard and soft landscaping, provision of cycle parking and other ancillary works.
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