Attendees stayed on, clustering into smaller groups and over coffee and lunch continued to build relationships, share ideas and challenges.
vaporised liquid nitrogen which is used in cryogenics, or oxygen which is used in bioreactors) can be very problematic – especially on upper-floors or where labs neighbour office tenancies.. 6.Planning.. Planning Permission & other approvals may be required despite ‘office to lab’ Permitted Development rights..
In the UK, offices can be converted into labs without needing Planning Permission since they now fall under the same ‘Use Class.’ This includes facilities used for “research and development of products or processes,” “industrial processes,” or the “provision of medical or health services.”.There are of course caveats, and there may be other Planning or legal conditions to consider or parties to notify.An office to lab conversion also cannot be detrimental to the amenity of residential areas (e.g.
noise, vibration, fumes), and this may still require demonstration via CFD or noise modelling.Appointment of a Planning Consultant and application for a Certificate of Lawfulness is often advisable..
Furthermore, new external chillers, AHUs (air-handling units), stacks and fans, louvres, waste stores, external access, and other material changes to the office building may still result in the need for Planning Permission.
This can add many unexpected weeks or even months to a project and introduces an element of risk., I was immediately taken by the humility of the process.
This project was the city’s response to the allocation of 20,000 migrants fleeing Syria, Afghanistan, and Iraq to be housed.This was a people problem with complex, strong and diverse views and issues to negotiate.
Although they used some very advanced modelling techniques, this was done only to support and inform a big conversation.They largely got rid of the traditional processes of city planning, keeping only those things that seemed immovable.
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