Through the work of the sub-committee, the Society has been instrumental in saving many buildings of note including Addington Square, Denmark Hill Station and part of Windsor Walk. The Society has also been instrumental in influencing new development to make a positive contribution to the area, and works with local residents and tenants groups where there are common issues. The current composition of the Planning sub-committee is: Tim Gaymer, Anthony Kyrke-Smith, Elizabeth Borowiecka, Jason Leech, Robert Potz, Jonathan Hunt, Paul Cohoon, Somayya Yaqub, Michael Galt and Tom Harvey. Potential new members are welcome to attend a meeting as an observer initially. The Society is currently under represented by members from the Myatt Fields and Brunswick Park areas.
20/AP/0598 | 87 GROSVENOR PARK, LONDON, SE5 0NJ
Conversion of single-family dwelling house into two flats and construction of a single-storey rear extension.
This is a Southwark owned property being developed under a project called Hidden Homes. Whilst the conversion of this Grosvenor Park Conservation Area Georgian three-storey plus attic rooms property makes sense in principle, to add the rear extension does not.
Whilst the application says a single-storey rear extension, this is raised so that the roof is accessible off the upper ground floor to first floor half landing, as a roof terrace with spiral staircase down to the half of the garden that would be allocated to the upper unit. This would be the only such rear extension and spiral staircase with the potential for overlooking along this long terrace of similar Georgian properties.
The rear of this terrace is South facing and gardens of reasonable length.
This said there is an eight-storey block of flats, in Bethwin Road to the South, beyond the end of the gardens to this part of the terrace with windows and access landings that look North back to these properties, so they are already overlooked.
The Camberwell Society objects to the proposals on the basis that this would be the only rear extension (and spiral staircase) to this Conservation Area terrace.
The Camberwell Society objects to the replacement of timber framed windows with uPVC framed windows (to the rear only), particularly as this is a Conservation Area.The use of upvc is an unsustainable solution. The society would support the replacement of the timber windows with suitably detailed new timber windows of a higher thermal performance than the existing as is proposed for the front elevation of this property.
The Camberwell Society also notes an error on the application form where asked “Does your proposal include the gain, loss or change of use of residential units?” and the agent states “No” when in splitting a single house into two units, the whole purpose of the application, the answer should be “Yes”.
The Camberwell Society objects to the proposals on the basis that this would be the only rear extension (and spiral staircase) to this Conservation Area terrace as well as the proposed use of upvc window frames.