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Why not just remove the handrail?

In what sense did the Council "approve the architect plans"?

I doubt that the Building Inspector even knows where the Planning Department is. Her opinion is irrelevant.

My prediction is that you will come to regret not installing a fan.

This hasn't (to my knowledge) been definitively tested in law, so yes it depends on the circumstances, but generally an act of work that could (reasonably unambiguously) be assumed to pertain to the consented works would suffice. The problem with demolition is that it could be for reasons that...

I don't think there's any case law confirming the position, but as discussed elsewhere on this forum, logic dictates that the calculation must include the external fabric, otherwise you could just stud out the internal volume until you were back below the limit. That said, how wide, and how deep...

Sorry, what's the question?

I'd need to see a drawing with some dims before advising.

Presumably, this is under the Prior Notification/Neighbour Consultation PD scheme

Are Building Control insisting upon one, or would your own piece of mind demand one regardless?

I think you've got it more or less right - all possible, with the limitations you've described

I haven't read the decision, but from what you're saying it sounds as though the bulk was acceptable to the Planning Inspector. On that basis, I would re-apply, citing the verdict of the Inspector.

Are there any article 4 directions attached to the CA?

The Planning Portal is not the Statutory Instrument. This is: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/596/schedule/2/part/20/crossheading/class-a-new-dwellinghouses-on-detached-blocks-of-flats#text%3Dflats

Contact Westminster's Planning Enforcement Team. They love this kind of thing. If you want a tin of shortbread biscuits emblazoned with a squirrel motif, contact the National Trust. And if you want to have the most inane and fruitless conversation of your life, contact Historic England.

From your description, it sounds like you need planning permission, but I wonder what would happen if you just did it and then applied retrospectively if and when the Council come calling sometime in the next four years.

Theoretically, you can add a storey to a block of flats under PD, but not an individual flat. In practice, there are so many caveats, that I wonder if it's ever actually been implemented.

Who says they can't be faulted? They can be faulted, but they first have to be caught.

The HSE will go after the highest available duty holder. That could be you (as a leaseholder)

Imist relies on a frangible bulb, which I imagine means there could be a significant build up of smoke before activation. Plumis is heat *and smoke* activated (but not by burnt toast), so this would be my preference.