15/AP/3916
Roof extension to the top floor flat (Flat C) to create a two bedroom
flat at 3rd floor and associated terrace with balustrade and screens.
The application is to add an additional floor to the second floor flat
to create a kitchen dining space. The existing second floor plan is
changed around so that this becomes a living area and two bedrooms
instead of just one bedroom.
This application is erroneous as the “as existing” is not built yet. The
site is the previous building partially demolished to start altering.
The when built design is as a modern building but the box perched on the
roof looks at odds with the main design akin to water tank or plant room
perched on the roof of some blocks of flats.
The access stairs up to the additional space appears to mess up a
reasonable plan form of the original approved plan. The extension does
nothing for the overall look of the building and would be an eyesore for
the flats directly behind and their aspect out towards Burgess Park, the
opposite side of Albany Road. The building would be best constructed as
approved without the addition.
The Camberwell Society objects to this proposal.