KINGSTON AND NORTH KINGSTON NEIGHBOURHOOD

Conservation Areas Advisory Committee

PLANNING APPLICATION COMMENT FORM DATE: 13 September 2023

CA1

RBK ref: 23/02339/FUL

Address: Second Floor And Third Floor 43 Market Place Kingston Upon Thames KT1 1ET Planning Officer: Karen Coles

Description of proposed works: Change of use from Use Class E to 4-bedroom House in Multiple Occupation (HMO (Use Class C4))

APPRAISAL

By full committee on …… 13 September 2023 …… with …… 6 …… members present

Issued on 13 Sep 2023

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:

Objection unless revised as below. Recent planning history of this property has been circular. The applicant was previously refused consent for a change of use from office/ commercial to residential (2 flats) for inter alia failing to establish its existing use as office space. Their subsequent assumption to treat it as residential space was also knocked back by the LPA. On purely conservation grounds, we believe bringing this vacant part of the building back into everyday use is a positive step. The changes proposed to the external elevations are fairly minimal with the exception of opaque/ obscure glazing to half of each window (for privacy). This is sub-optimal aesthetically & a better solution should be found.