Planning application
5 Chancery Lane London WC2A 1LG
Works: Extension
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Application under Section 96A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) to vary condition 40 (approved plans) of planning permission 20/00546/FULMAJ (dated 16.09.2021), to enable non-material amendments, including: (i) 100mm increase in the height of the roof extension; (ii) 500mm increase in the height of the rooftop plant enclosure; and (iii) repositioning of the roof extension 270mm northwards and westwards.
As published by the council, reference 22/01051/NMA
Application record
- Reference
- 22/01051/NMA
- Type
- Non-material Amendments
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Approved
- Received
- 31 Oct 2022
- Validated
- 31 Oct 2022
- Decided
- 12 Jan 2023
- Ward
- Farringdon Without
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- WC2A 1LG
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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31 Oct 2022
Received by City of London
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12 Jan 2023
Decision issued: Approved
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10 Aug 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
10 documents on file for this application
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The process from here
Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.
About amendments applications
How this application type works
An amendment application changes a permission that already exists. Non-material amendments cover small adjustments with no wider effect, while minor material amendments, usually made by varying a condition, allow modest design changes without a fresh application. Anything beyond that needs a new permission, so the scope here is deliberately narrow.
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