16/AP/4123
Change of use from class D1 with an ancillary class B1 office function
to class C3 for residential use. Proposal includes substantial
demolition, facade retention and side extension as well as roof
extensions and basement enlargement of existing main house to enable the
creation of x5 new residential units, the erection of 4 x new
residential units arranged in four blocks in the garden to the rear, x9
off street car parking space and associated communal and private
landscaped areas.
Case officer: Lance Penman
The 2007 Supplementary Planning Guidance for the site has led to some
curious features.
The limit on the height of the extension of the main house gives the
extension the appearance of a miniature relative of the original house,
and the requirement that the new building in the back garden should be a
single block results in the four new houses being closer together than
would be expected on a site of this size.
However, the resulting design is a work of ingenuity. The conversion of
the existing house plus extension has become 5 terraced houses, mainly
following the layout of the existing rooms..
The four houses at the rear have been designed to follow the sloping
terrain of the site, with long views between them, and timber cladding
and green roofs that will enable them to blend into the forest
background.
Care has also been taken to prevent overlooking between the new houses
by careful positioning of window openings and private open space.
The Camberwell Society welcomes this application.