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| 17/AP/4797 Demolition |
| of the existing buildings and redevelopment of the site to |
| provide 499 residential units, up to 3,725sqm (GIA) of Class B1 |
| commercial floorspace, up to 128 sqm (GIA) of Class D2 leisure |
| floorspace and up to 551sqm of Class A1-A3 floorspace within 13 |
| blocks of between 2-12 storeys, with car and cycle parking and |
| associated hard and soft landscaping. |
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| This application had the potential for creating a vibrant |
| Camberwell hub, with shops, offices, workshops, cafes and |
| dwellings, a proper village with a commercial centre and space |
| for residential, leisure and social activities. |
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| Disappointingly this application has put maximising floor space |
| ahead of every other consideration, and the result is an array |
| of over scale buildings with random spaces between them which |
| have no clear community function. The potential view through to |
| Burgess Park, which had been within the gift of the development |
| has been rudely blocked off by buildings. |
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| The existing two storey houses in Wells Way are dwarfed by the |
| proposed 4-6 storey buildings opposite them and the 5-14 storey |
| blocks around the edges of the through routes would give the |
| spaces between them the character of ravines, as in New York, |
| not an appropriate civic typology for this part of Camberwell. |
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| The Camberwell Society objects to this application on the |
| grounds of over development and failure to pay adequate |
| attention to the civic realm. |
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