KINGSTON AND NORTH KINGSTON NEIGHBOURHOOD

Conservation Areas Advisory Committee

PLANNING APPLICATION COMMENT FORM DATE: 8 July 2026

CA13

RBK ref: 26/01283/HOU

Address: 12 Albany Park Road Kingston Upon Thames KT2 5SW Planning Officer: Carmellena Hickey

Description of proposed works: Alteration to existing front boundary wall to increase vehicular entrance width and addition of a pedestrian entrance gate. Installation of automated gate. No change in existing crossover.

APPRAISAL

By full committee on …… 8 July 2026 …… with …… 9 …… members present

Issued on 8 Jul 2026

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. This PA makes no sense. It appears to be identical to its predecessor, 26/00033, which we objected to & was refused by officers - specifically the traffic officer for encroachment on the existing public parking space outside the property & the tree officer for risk to the root pit of the protected tree adjacent to the property. All the pavements & crossovers in Albany Park Road have just been renewed by the Council. The applicant’s DAS states there will be no change to the crossover but this is contradicted by both the application & accompanying drawings, which say/ show the vehicular access will be increased (ca 0.5-1.0m) by moving the left hand entrance pier, which would then reach beyond the crossover. In addition, we do not care for references in the DAS to ‘mimicking’ the brickwork of the existing garden wall - a feature of townscape merit recognised in the CA Designation Report. Any changes to this wall must faithfully match the original, including recycling of original materials wherever possible.