SURBITON NEIGHBOURHOOD

Conservation Areas Advisory Committee

PLANNING APPLICATION COMMENT FORM DATE: 13 October 2020

CA19

RBK ref: 20/02115/FUL

Address: 43 Victoria Road Surbiton KT6 4JL Planning Officer: Harsha Bhundia

Description of proposed works: Erection of single storey rear extension; first floor side/rear, second floor rear extension and the installation of staircase to rear of property to facilitate the addition of 2 no.x self contained residential units at first and second floor (TBC)

APPRAISAL

By full committee on …… 13 October 2020 …… with …… 3 …… members present

Issued on 14 Oct 2020

1. Positive support		2. No objection
3. Objection		4. Objection unless revised as below	X
5. No comment/neutral		6. Lack of detail
7. Decision already issued

Reason for objection:

Whilst we do not disagree with the principle of the extension we are very concerned that materials proposed are not of a high quality and therefore would harm the CA. We appreciate that the extension will only be seen from neighbouring properties, but these views still form part of the CA. We are particularly concerned about the timber cladding which would not be in keeping with materials found within the CA. We would recommend a more 'permanent' material such as brick be used and selected to tie in with the materials found elsewhere in the CA.
We are also very concerned about the use of attached metal stairs - these tend to look very utilitarian and also result in areas of unusable space beneath which can become very untidy. We would prefer to see a slightly larger extension which would accommodate stairs within the building.
We are also concerned that there will be no useable amenity space - the sedum roof appears to be inaccessible and the proposals would be greatly improved if external areas were designed to accommodate outdoor amenity space.