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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Former Branch Hill House Branch Hill London NW3 7LS
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Change of use of Branch Hill House from a care home (Use Class C2) to residential use (Use Class C3), together with associated external alterations, demolition of the 1960s care home extension, and erection of a replacement building including basement accommodation, and erection of a new-build element (the Coal House) to the north flank of the original building, with ancillary plant, access, servicing, parking and landscaping
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