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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340 Grays Inn Road London WC1X 8BG
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Variation of conditions to planning permission ref. 2022/4469/P (for change of use of first floor commercial floorspace to residential use and erection of a two storey (plus basement) extension fronting Britannia Street comprising commercial floorspace at basement and ground floors and 5 residential units at first floor; public realm works on 05/12/2024) to amend the configuration of the ground floor including the location of the cycle storage from inside to outside the building, residential staircase doors and entrance lobby, creation of a single commercial unit at ground floor level, increasing the amount of commercial floorspace, removing the level change at the entrance, introducing entrances from Britannia Street into the commercial unit, reconfiguration of the basement to create separate commercial spaces without the level changes, internal alterations to flats 1, 2, 4 and 5 at first floor level, relocation of the first floor riser, movement of a stairwell door to minimise levels differences, the introduction of an AOV to address fire requirements, the introduction of a first floor lift door and external changes to switch balcony sliding doors for swing doors.
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