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.