SUB-PLAN
Both a practical guide for the householder and an exploration of the limits of legislation.
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Produced at a precarious moment in the history of the UK planning system, SUB-PLAN: A Guide to Permitted Development is a timely and pioneering investigation into the grey areas lying within the ‘planning permission we already have’.
Context
Produced by visiting tutors and students at the Architectural Association Summer School.
Credits
- Dates: Published in September 2009.
- Collaborators: Architecture Association (AA), Finn Williams, Europa, with Ulf Hackauf, Jonathan Turney and Anders Stockman.
- Buy it here or at the AA Bookshop.
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