KINGSTON AND NORTH KINGSTON NEIGHBOURHOOD

Conservation Areas Advisory Committee

PLANNING APPLICATION COMMENT FORM DATE: 8 September 2021

N/A

RBK ref: 21/02313/FUL

Address: Greencoat House 165-183 Clarence Street Kingston Upon Thames KT1 1QT Planning Officer: William Flaherty

Description of proposed works: Recladding and internal reconfiguration of existing building with extensions (3 upper floors to Clarence Street and full height extensions up to 9 storeys to the rear) to create 202 no. co-living units (sui generis) (in place of 64 no. student rooms (sui generis)) with retention of 4 no. ground floor commercial units (Class E), creation of new café (Class E) and co-working areas (Class E) at ground floor with internal and external residential amenity spaces, bike storage, refuse, disabled car parking, service yard and new basement plant room.

APPRAISAL

By full committee on …… 8 September 2021 …… with …… 7 …… members present

Issued on 9 Sep 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

Reason for objection:

Strong objection. This is a key site that marks the gateway to Kingston town from the rail station & Richmond road. It demands, therefore, a development of significant importance & quality, which this proposal is anything but. We find the application to be heavy & bombastic in style, lacking in any originality, of inappropriate mass & scale (nine storeys) & insensitive colour palette & finishes. We believe it would have a substantially harmful impact on the numerous surrounding listed & locally listed buildings & areas of special character (eg Castle Street to the rear of the building in question) & should therefore be refused.