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PROTECTED STRUCTURE: 53 Dawson Street is a protected structure. The development will comprise the following: (1) change of use of the ground floor and basement of 53 Dawson Street from retail to restaurant and the change of use of the second floor and third floor of nos. 11 and 12 Duke Street and no. 52 Dawson Street from restaurant to residential consisting 2 no. one bedroom apartments and 2 no. two bedroom apartments. (2) alterations to the interiors to include the construction of openings between no.52 and no. 53 Dawson Street at ground floor level (4.8m2 wide) and at basement level (1.0m2 wide) (3) conservation works at no. 53 Dawson Street to include: removal of inappropriate modern insertions including partitions, bulkheads, fixtures and fittings and internal secondary glazing, Removal of two toilet spaces projecting from the rear wall of the building, overhaul and repair of historic joinery, including window cases and door cases, overhaul and repair of 6 no. timber up-and-down sash windows, in locations where historic windows are missing, installation of 8 no. timber up-and-down sash windows complete with window cases, detailed to match the historic examples in the building, reinstatement of historic pattern doors and doorcases where these are missing, 6 no., local repair of plaster cornices on the first floor and in the staircase and reinstatement of a cornice on the second floor, local repair of roof, local plaster repair to the front facade and renewal of the flashing to the front parapet and cornice moulding and repainting of front facade, removal of fake greenery from the front railings and repair and reinstatement of railings, new shopfront onto Dawson Street in a manner sensitive to its heritage, (4) renewal of services with sustainable options