17/AP/3301 | 2 BALDWIN CRESCENT, LONDON, SE5 9LQ
17/AP/3301 - Demolition of existing garages at rear of property and the construction of a new 2 bedroom dwelling with garden and 1 garage. FLAT 1, 12 BALDWIN CRESCENT, LONDON, SE5 9LQ
Whilst the layout of the new house is satisfactory in its way, it does not take adequate account of its context.
The house and garden plan extends across almost the whole of the gap between 12 Baldwin Crescent and 9 County Grove on basement and ground floor levels, thereby using up most of the garden space belonging to 12 Baldwin Crescent, and with its own garden space taking the form of a courtyard within high walls.
It would be less intrusive for the neighbourhood and more convenient for the future residents if the house was planned on a smaller footprint with two floors above ground level alongside the three storey windowless flank wall of 9 County Grove, and with its garden alongside the residual garden at 12 Baldwin Crescent.