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Old 17-08-2012, 18:45   #38
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Re: Big Fire Blackburn Road

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Originally Posted by MargaretR View Post
Thank You Kate for taking the trouble to find that.

So it was in 1985 that an existing restaurant was given permission to extend into a house next door.

The plans clearly show that all internal walls (with the exception of a stairway on the far left and the kitchen outbuildings) were to be demolished, and that the support for the upper floor be one central column.

I can't see 'suggestions on beams' you referred to but most of the planning notes I found unreadable.

I am not a structural engineer but the wisdom in doing that is doubtful, especially in view of the age of the original buildings.
Think I agree with you on that Margaret and I know a bit about the subject, but obviously it must have passed all the necessary inspections at the time, well one would think so anyway
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