KINGSTON AND NORTH KINGSTON NEIGHBOURHOOD

Conservation Areas Advisory Committee

PLANNING APPLICATION COMMENT FORM DATE: 10 September 2025

CA1

RBK ref: 25/01927/LBC

Address: 26-28 Thames Street Kingston Upon Thames KT1 1PE Planning Officer: Nia Wilkinson

Description of proposed works: Reinstate the retractable shop awning above the shopfront, new serving window in the existing glazed shopfront. Installation of an extractor fan to rear elevation

APPRAISAL

By full committee on …… 10 September 2025 …… with …… 8 …… members present

Issued on 10 Sep 2025

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

Reason for objection:

Objection The proposed new timber-framed shop window configuration including serving hatch is of incongruous appearance & would cause harm to the character of the grade 2 listed host building. The applicant cites as a precedent the service hatch at 22 Thames St. But there is no planning permission in the LPA’s archive for that. The pavement width at this location is very narrow & any take-away footfall could cause danger. Therefore this feature should be refused as was the case recently with Rosa’s Thai at 2-6 High Street (even if it continues to be used without permission). No details are provided of any other new shop front finishes including signage or the proposed new awning (which should not be heavily branded). No objection to replacement extractor fan at rear of property.