18/AP/0890
Partial demolition of existing building (rear part) and construction of
new 2, 3, 4 and 5 storey building accommodating seven self contained
residential units (1×3-bedroom, 4×2-bedroom and 2×1-bedroom units).
Comment:
This is a disappointing application on a prominent site adjacent a fine
Arts and Crafts building.
It lacks a discernible design intention in terms of:
1. Layout: the building simply follows the site boundary line.
2. Recognition of the design features of neighbouring buildings:
massing, window spacing and symmetry, decorative coursing, storey
heights and roofs.
Instead the proposed new building offers a jumble of pitched and flat
roofs and balconies, in an assortment of random materials: render
panels, brickwork, aluminium, perforated metal and glass. And the 500mm
wide “private landscaped area” at the front can only be a joke.
The Camberwell Society objects to this application on the grounds of
poor design.