CoLPAI: A Completely Invalid Application?

On Scale and Parasites.

When a planning application is made for a site, the drawings and other documents are initially checked for errors and inconsistencies by the planning authority that receives the application in a process that is known as "Validation". Only after that process is complete, is the application uploaded to the planning website and sent out for statutory consultation. On the Bernard Morgan site, for example, the drawings were received by the City of London on 3rd June 2016 and not validated until 5th July; some 4 weeks later.

Bernard Morgan Application

RCS/CoLPAI Tower Application. Double espresso coming up...

Fantastic improvements to productivity have taken place in the City of London planning department over the last year however. When the RCS/CoLPAI site was submitted on 25th July 2017 it was validated the very same day! Imagine that. Over 2000 pages of documents, drawings and technical reports carefully checked in just one day. Now that is service. Its almost as though the City are in a frantic hurry to get their application through before anyone comes back from holiday.

Unfortunately the City's rigorous checking and validation procedure of its own project seems to have overlooked some basic errors in the documentation. The North arrow for example actually points towards the NorthWest. If you are planning a trip to the North pole, or just trying to figure out whether the new tower block will block your view of the sun, then probably best not to rely on these plans.

Then there's the matter of the scale bar. There are no dimensions on the drawings. So the architects have helpfully provided a scale bar in the top right hand corner. Unfortunately it's wrong. The notes say that the builder has to carefully check all the dimensions on site first and just as well, because if they use these drawings, the doors are going to be 40cm wide.

So to help you squeeze through those doors here is a list of diet plans. We like the sound of the tapeworm diet, so here's a picture of a tapeworm for inspiration. Please note we have helpfully provided a scale rule.