KINGSTON AND NORTH KINGSTON NEIGHBOURHOOD

Conservation Areas Advisory Committee

PLANNING APPLICATION COMMENT FORM DATE: 12 November 2025

CA1

RBK ref: 25/02399/LBC

Address: 37 - 39 High Street Kingston Upon Thames KT1 1LQ Planning Officer: Gosia Danik

Description of proposed works: Internal reconfiguration of part first floor and alterations to the staircase

APPRAISAL

By full committee on …… 12 November 2025 …… with …… 9 …… members present

Issued on 12 Nov 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. This PA is little different from its predecessor 25/01327 which we objected to & was withdrawn by the applicant. We believe the following elements remain unsatisfactory & would harm the character & appearance of this grade 2* listed building for no public benefit: patterned floor tiling to upper storey (ie new condiments & drinks area), new open staircase without traditional balustrade/ banister rails & modernistic wall mural at ground floor entrance/ adjacent to staircase. Furthermore several wall finishes to the new first floor configuration have been left as ‘TBC’ which is unacceptable.