KINGSTON AND NORTH KINGSTON NEIGHBOURHOOD

Conservation Areas Advisory Committee

PLANNING APPLICATION COMMENT FORM DATE: 13 April 2022

CA15

RBK ref: 22/00864/FUL

Address: 192 - 194 London Road Kingston Upon Thames KT2 6QP Planning Officer: Helen Harris

Description of proposed works: Demolition of the existing building and erection of a three-storey building to provide nine residential units (Use Class C3) and 315 sqm of commercial (Class E) floorspace with associated refuse/recycling facilities and cycle storage

APPRAISAL

By full committee on …… 13 April 2022 …… with …… 6 …… members present

Issued on 14 Apr 2022

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

Reason:

No objection.

This property is referenced in the LPA’s CA appraisal as making a positive contribution to the area, but substantial/ poor quality changes over the years have destroyed its originality & the current premises are in a dilapidated/ vacant state. Therefore we are supportive of the principle of redevelopment.

The PA is an anodyne solution with nothing to object to but, worse, nothing to get excited about. With apparently little effort or originality, this applicant seems to have given up. They might at least spell 'signage' correctly on the artist impression so it looks like someone actually cared.