3700/LA/HH/hh
13th January 2014
REVISED DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
51 EDEN PARK DRIVE, BANNERDOWN, BATHEASTON
Assessment.
Physical.
51 Eden Park Drive is a detached bungalow built in 1963 as part of a development on the outskirts of
Batheaston. It is not listed or part of the Batheaston conservation area or in the Green Belt. The bungalow
is on a sloping site and has generous gardens and terraces. There is an existing detached garage
contemporary with the dwelling, a greenhouse and shed. A conservatory has been added to the west side
of the bungalow. There is an area of hard standing on which two cars can park off the road. To the side of
the property there is a footpath joining Eden Park Drive with Fosse Lane.
The bungalow has a pitched roof with a large under-used and under insulated loft space.
Social.
The house is surrounded by dwellings of varying sizes, all with good sized gardens. Many of the other
bungalows in the original development have been extended. 51 Eden Park Drive has not been extended
(save for the conservatory) and consists of a small kitchen, sitting room, three small bedrooms and a
bathroom as designed in the early 1960s.
Planning policy.
The existing house is not listed. The proposals do not contravene any known planning policy.
Emergency services.
Provision for emergency access to the house and neighbouring houses would remain unchanged.
Design.
Use.
It is proposed to demolish the conservatory and to extend the dwelling to the west and east. This will
enable the owners to have a good sized kitchen/living space and study space whilst retaining three good
sized bedrooms with attendant bathroom facilities. The garage will also be demolished. A bin store will be
built slightly to the south east of the existing garage. There will be a path between the bin store and the
extended house. The hard-standing will be retained for off road parking.
Amount.
The volume of the existing house, including the garage and outbuildings, is 415 cubic metres.
With the proposed extensions the volume = 570 cubic metres.
This would be a net addition 37 %.
Justification.
The existing bungalow was designed in the early 1960s. The present owners wish to modernise it so that it
can provide flexible accommodation for the 21st century. To enable the accommodation to be improved
two extensions at east and west are proposed. One of these will mostly be on the footprint of the existing
conservatory which will be demolished. Neither extension will have a ridge height greater than the existing
ridge height of the bungalow at present. Although there will be an increase in volume this is able to be
minimised as this dwelling occupies a sloping site; some of the accommodation will be half a level up or
down from the current ground level.
In undertaking a refurbishment of this scale the owners will be able to insulate the property to current
building regulations standards. Alternative energy sources will also be explored.
Scale.
From Eden Park Drive, the impact of the scale of this bungalow would remain very similar to existing as
most of the additional accommodation is sited between the bungalow and its existing garage.
The surrounding neighbourhood consists of houses of a variety of sizes. The proposed increase in size
would be in keeping with the scale of the local area and the plot in which the dwelling sits.
Landscape.
The existing landscaping would be retained. All boundary treatments would be retained except the fence
between the garden and the footpath to Fosse Lane.
As part of this application the owners would seek to replace the existing timber fence which has reached
the end of its useful life with a new close boarded timber fence to a height of 2m above local ground level.
It should be noted that the owners also propose screening beside the external door from the new kitchen
to enhance mutual privacy.
Appearance.
New roofs would be tiled to match the existing roof. Walls would be a mix of reconstructed Bath Stone to
match existing and new natural timber boarding. New windows throughout would be powder coated
aluminium set back from the face of the masonry. Then new bin store replacing the garage would be in
materials to match existing.
Access.
Access considerations take into account all present legislation particularly Part M of the building
regulations.
Conclusion.
The proposals to alter this dwelling to give enhanced and enlarged living accommodation would allow a
variety of modern day owners to live there and would constitute an improvement.