KINGSTON AND NORTH KINGSTON NEIGHBOURHOOD

Conservation Areas Advisory Committee

PLANNING APPLICATION COMMENT FORM DATE: 12 July 2023

CA25

RBK ref: 23/01597/HOU

Address: Wrenfield House 109 Lower Ham Road Kingston Upon Thames KT2 5BD Planning Officer: James Garside

Description of proposed works: Erection of part two storey, part single storey and part three storey side extensions

APPRAISAL

By full committee on …… 12 July 2023 …… with …… 5 …… members present

Issued on 12 Jul 2023

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:

Objection. The applicant has failed here to address the concerns we raised on the previous PA (23/00188), subsequently withdrawn by them. The main issue remains the proposed height, scale & mass of the new dwelling. In our view it needs to be limited throughout to no more than 2 storeys & a building height of ca 6.5-7.0 metres, not the ca 9.5 metres proposed, in order to protect the setting of neighbouring properties & views of the surrounding area. In addition, proposals to timber-clad most of the main elevations would be out of keeping with the character & appearance of the CA (note the facade of the new property nearing construction completion at #114 Lower Ham Road contains a significant amount of brick work as well as timber cladding in order to blend in better with the typology of the CA).