KINGSTON AND NORTH KINGSTON NEIGHBOURHOOD

Conservation Areas Advisory Committee

PLANNING APPLICATION COMMENT FORM DATE: 10 August 2022

CA24

RBK ref: 22/01923/FUL

Address: 34 Portsmouth Road Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2BF Planning Officer: William Flaherty

Description of proposed works: Demolition of existing buildings on site and erection of six residential units (Class C3) and two office units (Class E(g)), measuring 140 sqm and 125 sqm respectively, together with the associated decontamination of the site, access, car parking and landscaping.

APPRAISAL

By full committee on …… 10 August 2022 …… with …… 4 …… members present

Issued on 10 Aug 2022

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.

Plans to redevelop the existing car wash are welcome.

But what is presumably a building height restriction on the development so as not to block the views/ amenity of the neighbouring Home Park Court flats pushes this development underground with basement bedrooms & ground floor living accommodation - a building typology which is out of character with this CA.

Furthermore, basement bedrooms in such close proximity to the river must present a flood risk in spite of the mitigants set out in the applicant’s flood risk assessment.