KINGSTON AND NORTH KINGSTON NEIGHBOURHOOD

Conservation Areas Advisory Committee

PLANNING APPLICATION COMMENT FORM DATE: 12 February 2025

CA15

RBK ref: 24/03224/FUL

Address: Ground Floor, Oak Mews (Previously 14A Park Road) Kingston Upon Thames KT2 6FL Planning Officer: Honey Olaiya

Description of proposed works: Change of use of ground floor office to 3nos residential units. Fenestration alterations at ground floor.

APPRAISAL

By full committee on …… 12 February 2025 …… with …… 6 …… members present

Issued on 12 Feb 2025

1. Positive support		2. No objection	X
3. Objection		4. Objection unless revised as below
5. No comment/neutral		6. Lack of detail
7. Decision already issued

Reason:

No objection.

It is difficult to argue conservation grounds for refusal but: 1) how hard has the applicant tried to fill this commercial/ office space? They state a year of targeted marketing with no results but what about community usage? 2) a strange lay out of 1 no. 4 bed & 2 no. studio flats is proposed whereas (say) 1 no. 3 bed, 1 no. 2 bed & 1 no. 1 bed could accommodate 2 families & be a better solution? 3) there is no private outdoor amenity space for the 2 studio flats which are located some distance away from public green space. The applicant argues this disbenefit is outweighed by the new market housing which is questionable.