Design and Access Statement
Householder – Extension (in a Conservation Area)
Re: 66A Princedale Road, W11 4NL
Proposal:
Additional new conservatory at second floor level to serve second floor flat.
1. Features of the existing site.
The house is c.150 years old and built of London stocks with
white windows and simple rendered features. To the top is a
rendered parapet wall. The roof is a flat roof hidden by the
parapet at the front, but showing a V-shape at the rear.
2. Access
Internal access to the proposed new conservatory will be
from the existing hallway at second floor level.
3. Layout
The conservatory will utilize the existing rear window which will be
reconfigured to create a doorway.
4. Scale / Appearance
The proposed new conservatory will not be visible from the
street or from neighbour’s properties. There is no change visible
within the conservation area. The existing flat roof where the
conservatory is proposed is surrounded on three sides by high
walls and on the fourth by an existing 2 metre garden screen.
The roof has been carefully designed to hide behind this screen
so that the room is not visible from the road. The rear windows
in No 68 are all opaque glass. The existing window in the rear
elevation of No 66 at first floor level is also opaque glass. As a
result there is no overlooking or loss of privacy for any of the
neighbours. A light well will be retained which provides light to
an existing bathroom and existing kitchen. Both these rooms
also have only opaque privacy glass windows although they
have no direct view of the proposed room. There is no loss of
light to any windows because of the proposed development.
5. Landscaping
N/A
6. Heritage Assets
The property forms part of the Norland conservation area.
It is felt that there is no impact on the conservation area and that
the proposals do not contravene any of the council’s policies for
conservation areas. There is only one view; from Pottery Lane
where if you were to look up at the right moment you might be
able to see a 2cm wide slither of grey roofing material peeking
over the existing bamboo garden screen. Apart from this the
new room is not visible from the ground. Behind the room there
is an existing grey zinc roof which shield any roof top views of
the building from neighbours. As a result the building has been
carefully designed to minimize any impact on neighbours. The
building is already “insitu” and the only complaint received by us
was on a raw wooden facade when the room was first erected.
We have since rendered and painted the SE elevation so that it
better blends in with its surroundings.
7. Streetview and Precedent for this type of development at neighbouring
properties.
The proposed room is already present on most of the houses in
Princedale Road. At No68 the room is built with a slightly lower ridge
level. At No 66 the ridge level is the same as our proposed building. At
No70 it is slightly higher.
Further down the street (at No 68 and beyond) it is not possible to add
such a room as Pottery Lane swings around and so the rear space that
we are utilizing does not exist.
There are also properties built not only to second floor level but above
to include external roof accesses enclosed by brick structures further
along the street.
The roof line in this area is already a varied collection of piecemeal
extensions. Our proposed extension would add to this roof line and is
not visible from the street.