Clapton CAAC May 2023

Planning Applications for Clapton CAAC meeting for 18 May 2023

2023/0832 198 Millfields Road, E5 0AR Erection of a Mansard-style roof extension. Householder Planning (James Clark)

We regret that previous planning decisions render an objection to this application redundant. Nonetheless we would repeat our opposition to the breaking of an uninterrupted parapet as a matter of principle.

2023/0835 198 Millfields Road, E5 0AR Erection of part single, part two-storey rear extension at ground and first floor levels. Householder Planning (James Clark)

We regret that previous planning decisions render an objection to this application redundant. Nonetheless we would repeat our opposition to the breaking of an uninterrupted parapet as a matter of principle.

2023/0901 221 Evering Road, E5 8AL Erection of a roof dormer; Installation of 2x front rooflights Full Planning Permission (Thomas Russell)

Clapton CAAC has no objection to this application.

2023/0863 57 Durlston Road, E5 8RP Proposed works: Erection of a rear dormer roof extension over the main roof slope; the erection of a roof extension over the outrigger; the insertion of rooflights to the front roof slope and roof slope of outrigger. Householder Planning (Jessica Neeve)

Clapton CAAC has no objection to this application.

2023/0829 56 Durlston Road, E5 8RR Proposed erection of ground floor rear extensions with Sukkah roof Householder Planning (Alishba Emanuel)

The proposed construction eats considerably into the garden - consuming a further 20.9 square metres. Policy is to protect green space. On these grounds, we oppose the application.

2022/2957 Dough Society, 11, Dispensary Lane Mare Street, E8 1FT Erection of 2 x cycle stands Full Planning Permission (Danny Huber)

Clapton CAAC has no objection to this application.

2023/0948 Basement And Ground Floor, 412 Mare Street, E8 1HP Proposed removal of existing render/shop front, existing roller shutter and replacement with roller shutters, fascia panel, signage, glazing and shopfront. Installation of new steam extract grille, fresh air intake grille at rear elevation and AC Compressor. Full Planning Permission (Alishba Emanuel)

Clapton CAAC has no objection to this application.

2023/1008 The Wishing Well, The Wishing Well, 418 Mare Street, E8 1HP Listed building consent for the replacement of existing UPVC French doors to front elevation with timber. (In association with full planning application 2023/1007) Listed Building Consent (James Clark)

Clapton CAAC has no objection to this application.

2023/0933 Basement And Ground Floor, 412 Mare Street, E8 1HP Installation of externally illuminated fascia sign and shop front vinyl graphics. Installation of internally illuminated projecting sign Advertisement Consent (Alishba Emanuel)

Clapton CAAC has no objection to this application although there is a proportional imblance between the signage and the area of the fascia. A better balance would be aesthetically more pleasing.

2023/1007 The Wishing Well, The Wishing Well, 418 Mare Street, E8 1HP The replacement of existing UPVC French doors to front elevation with timber. (In association with listed building consent 2023/1008) Full Planning Permission (James Clark)

Clapton CAAC has no objection to this application.

2023/0936 Basement And Ground Floor, 412 Mare Street, E8 1HP Installation of externally illuminated fascia sign and shop front vinyl graphics. Installation of internally illuminated projecting sign Listed Building Consent (Alishba Emanuel)

Clapton CAAC has no objection to this application although there is a proportional imblance between the signage and the area of the fascia. A better balance would be aesthetically more pleasing.

2023/0942 165 Osbaldeston Road, N16 6ND Erection of a rear roof dormer extension, insertion of 3 x roof lights Householder Planning (Danny Huber)

This is the third time we have received an application for this project and this will be the third strong objection. What follows are our comments on 2022/2881: "The inspector could not have been clearer. A hip to gable roof extension would be ‘incongruous’ and ‘would result in unacceptable harm to the character and appearance of … the Conservation Area’. In our response to the first application – 2021/3117 – we, too, stated that as the end house in the terrace and clearly visible from Oldhill Street, it affects the setting of two Conservation Areas – Clapton Common and the Northwold and Cazenove. The Application refuses to engage with the Inspector’s principal finding that from the ‘rear viewpoint the existing roof form provides a visual break between the row of terraces and the neighbouring flatted development which is of a differing height. The gap manages the transition between the neighbouring built form and this would be lost as a result of the proposed roof alterations. The sloping roof marks a distinct end point to the Victorian terrace and a transition to the 1950s block of flats. We cannot see any justification – aesthetic or architectural – to characterise the slope as ‘unsightly’ - nor is it either a ‘valley’ or a ‘ditch’. Rather, the roof slope makes the transition elegant and definitive. The proposed dormer itself will not mark a transition or a ‘visual gap’. We share the conclusions in the Inspector’s Determination: 6 ‘The gap [between 165 and the block of flats] provides a visual break’ ‘The loss of visual gap … would then be combined with a full width dormer which would result in a complete loss of the rear roof plane.’ 7 ‘The dormer would be entirely at odds with … the SPD’ ‘It is not normally acceptable to change the form of a roof, particularly … at the end of a terrace’ 9 ‘I find it harms views within the CA’ It is ‘incongruous and detrimental to … the CA It ‘does not preserve or enhance the CA’ The Inspector’s Determination deals with the rear extension (2022/2882) to which we will make a separate submission though we contend that, taken with the outsize rear roof extension, the proposed rear extension could not be less subservient to the host building if it tried. In paragraph 7, the Inspector states: ‘The proposals sadly seem to have taken little account of the guidance within the SPD’ – to which we would add that the Applicant has, sadly, taken little account of the Inspector’s Determination."

2023/0797 14 Firsby Road, N16 6QA Proposed erection of a ground floor extension, excavation of basement and installation of a rear lightwell Full Planning Permission (Alishba Emanuel)

Hackney's policy is absolutely clear: Hackney’s Residential Extensions and Alterations SPD (LBH, 2009) requires at Para 3.10 that rear extensions respect the character and size of the original dwelling, at Para 3.13 that rear extensions be subordinate and Para 3.22 has a rule of 3m depth for a single storey rear extensions. These rules are for all dwellings in the borough and therefore apply with added force in relation to Conservation Areas. The 3m rule applies equally, in the Council’s view to both upper and lower ground floors. In this particular case, the proposed building would very seriously affect the setting of Stamford Grove West, a street containing 9 Grade II listed buildings and a block of locally-listed 19th-century tenements. 14 Firsby Road being on a slightly higher elevation obtrudes on the perspective from the Grove. Clapton CAAC objects to this application.

2023/0794 14 Firsby Road, N16 6QA Proposed erection of rear dormer and loft conversion Full Planning Permission (Alishba Emanuel)

The proposed roof extension is of poor design, a wedge spanning two roof slopes and not set down from the ridge line. We object to the application.

2023/0742 14 Firsby Road, N16 6QA Proposed Second floor rear extension Full Planning Permission (Alishba Emanuel)

Hackney's policy is absolutely clear: Hackney’s Residential Extensions and Alterations SPD (LBH, 2009) requires at Para 3.10 that rear extensions respect the character and size of the original dwelling, at Para 3.13 that rear extensions be subordinate and Para 3.22 has a rule of 3m depth for a single storey rear extensions. These rules are for all dwellings in the borough and therefore apply with added force in relation to Conservation Areas. The 3m rule applies equally, in the Council’s view to both upper and lower ground floors. In this particular case, the proposed building would very seriously affect the setting of Stamford Grove West, a street containing 9 Grade II listed buildings and a block of locally-listed 19th-century tenements. 14 Firsby Road being on a slightly higher elevation obtrudes on the perspective from the Grove. Clapton CAAC objects to this application.

2023/0996 3 Norcott Road, N16 7BJ Replacement of the existing single-glazed timber sash and casement windows with timber-framed double glazed windows across front, side and rear elevations at ground-floor level Full Planning Permission (Thomas Russell)

Clapton CAAC has no objection to this application.

2023/0931 33 Osbaldeston Road, N16 7DJ Erection of side dormer; erection of rear dormer; installation of 6x rooflights Householder Planning (Thomas Russell)

While the proposed rear dormer is within the roof slope - though directly onto the chimney stack, Clapton CAAC objects to this application on the grounds of the side extension which manages to destroy the sloping roof of the host building when seen from the rear but more damagingly from the street. It sits like a lumpish portacabin. It does the opposite of either maintaining or enhancing the built environment. This proposal is very like that of 2022/2180 which was refused. We would echo Mr Okot's reasoning: 'The proposed development, by virtue of its siting, scale and mass and architectural features is not acceptable in design, heritage and amenity terms and does not comply with the residential extensions and alterations SPD, the CA appraisal document, policies LP1, LP2 and LP3 of Hackney's Local Plan LP33, in addition to The National Planning Policy Framework and the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990. The application is recommended for refusal on these grounds.'

2023/0804 Sarahh, 74 Fountayne Road, N16 7DT Installation of metal shelving units below existing canopy Full Planning Permission (Alishba Emanuel)

Clapton CAAC objects to this application on the grounds that what would eventuate is a semi-permanent structure very different in nature to the current closeable canvas canopy.