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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The Gable Building 8-10 Alfred Place, 216-217 Tottenham Court Road, 218-219 Tottenham Court Road London WC1E 7EB
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Refurbishment and extension of the existing building to provide reconfigured office accommodation (Class E),including alterations and extension at roof level to create an additional floor, enclosure of the existing internal lightwell beneath a glazed roof, provision of external amenity space, replacement of shopfronts at ground floor level, reconfiguration of retail and commercial units at ground and basement levels, rooftop plant, and other associated internal and external works.
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