KINGSTON AND NORTH KINGSTON NEIGHBOURHOOD

Conservation Areas Advisory Committee

PLANNING APPLICATION COMMENT FORM DATE: 8 April 2026

CA1

RBK ref: 26/00332/LBC

Address: 39 - 41 High Street Kingston Upon Thames KT1 1LQ Planning Officer: Gosia Danik

Description of proposed works: Listed Building Application for internal alterations at ground floor level to facilitate restaurant use, including removal of unauthorised additions, installation of glazed kitchen screens, internal partitions, reception desk and associated works

APPRAISAL

By full committee on …… 8 April 2026 …… with …… 5 …… members present

Issued on 8 Apr 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. The unauthorised intervention by this applicant into the fabric of this highly significant grade 2* listed building is most unfortunate. Making good these harmful changes & any new alterations must be scrutinised & signed off by the Borough’s Heritage Officer after physical inspection. The revised plans for the ground floor restaurant (‘stage 1’) are inadequate in their detail eg with no samples provided of proposed floor finishes. We do not approve of the cheaply fabricated reception desk, track lighting, or glazed panels which are unnecessary in our view. Furthermore, no details have been submitted of any new signage which must be subject of a separate application. Given this applicant’s poor track record, the LPA must ensure no further unauthorised works are undertaken by them on the first floor (‘stage 2’) without oversight of the Heritage Officer.