KINGSTON AND NORTH KINGSTON NEIGHBOURHOOD

Conservation Areas Advisory Committee

PLANNING APPLICATION COMMENT FORM DATE: 12 August 2026

CA15

RBK ref: 26/01338/PA Class MA

Address: 2 Park Road Kingston Upon Thames KT2 6BN Planning Officer: Anastasia Bernard

Description of proposed works: Change of use of existing office floorspace at ground and first floors (Class E) to 7 residential units (Class C3)Prior Approval Under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended)

APPRAISAL

By full committee on …… 12 August 2026 …… with …… 5 …… members present

Issued on 12 Aug 2026

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. This is a plain, utilitarian building that does not contribute positively to the character & appearance of the CA. Given changes to the external elevations are not proposed here, we have no objection on conservation grounds. Whether the vacant floors in the existing building have been properly marketed for other commercial use (in accordance with the LPA’s article 4 direction 2022) has not been addressed by the applicant, but is a matter for officers to decide.