KINGSTON AND NORTH KINGSTON NEIGHBOURHOOD
Conservation Areas Advisory Committee

PLANNING APPLICATION COMMENT FORM
UPDATE: 5 Dec 2022

CA1
 RBK ref:

21/00769/FUL 		Address: Riverside Walk Kingston Upon Thames KT1 1QN

Planning Officer: Karen Coles

Description of proposed works:

Installation of floating pontoon (63m x 2m)

APPRAISAL

By full committee on …… 14 April 2021 …… with …… 9 …… members present

Issued on 14 Apr 2021


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

Response to the updated application:
Issued on 5 Dec 2022


Based on the officers’ report to the Kingston & North Kingston Planning Sub-Committee of 6 Dec ‘22, the proposed pontoon will now be timber-faced & subject to a temporary licence of 5 years. The Council’s Heritage & Conservation Officer has reviewed the application & concluded it will cause less than substantial harm to the setting & views of Riverside but which, planning officers believe, will be outweighed by the public benefit of extending access to the river. CAAC opinion now ‘neutral’.

Response to the original application:
Issued on 14 Apr 2021


Reason for objection:

This is a very narrow stretch of the riverside footpath & such an extended pontoon may cause congestion/ over-crowding. Has this been studied? Would prefer wooden construction but plastic proposal matches existing much smaller facility. No information on signage. What happens to this facility off season (most of the year). How many more boats can the river take, and have river users been consulted?

This would have a negative impact on the character of the CA.