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Architectural drawings are used for many purposes, and come in a number of distinctive varieties depending on your needs. For some extensions or loft conversions at least some kind of architectural drawing will be required, either to submit to councils or local authorities for planning permission or building regulations approval, or for use by building contractors to correctly undertake the building works.
Floor plans, site plans and elevation drawings will usually need to be produced to submit to local authorities to either obtain planning permission or to make sure that the planned work is completed under permitted development rights. These drawings will indicate the scale of the proposed works, and provide the planning officer a sense of how the work may interact with the nearby area. For construction requirements as well as for building regulations approval, technical drawings are often produced which detail the types of material used in the building work for structural and insulation purposes.
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Acton is a district inside the London Borough of Ealing in west London. It’s 6.1 miles west of Charing Cross. In the 2011 census, Acton had a population of 62,480 – a ten-year increase of 8,791 people.
Acton means ‘oak farm’ or ”farm by oak trees’, and comes from old English. It was originally an ancient village, and as London expanded it was absorbed in to the city. Since 1965, Acton has been part of the east of Ealing, but some sections of East Acton are inside the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham and a small part of South Acton is inside the London Borough of Hounslow. Acton is one of the places with the most stations bearing their name anywhere within the UK, with seven stations including its name.
Central Acton is known as the hub of commerce and retail on the former main road between London and Oxford, called the Uxbridge Road. The main road contains a lot of inns, which go as far back to the late Tudor period as stopping places for travellers. Nowadays, the A40 dual carriageway is the major route from London to Oxford, and it bypasses central Acton. It still passes by way of East Acton and North Acton.
Acton boasts the largest housing estate in West London, named the South Acton estate, with around 2,000 properties and 5,800 residents. The region is at present in phase 2 of a major 15-year phased regeneration which contains virtually full demolition of the current residential units and the construction of new and much more residences. This is most likely to enhance its population even more.