{"id":1162,"date":"2023-03-03T16:12:52","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T16:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bournemouthcivicsociety.org.uk\/?p=1162"},"modified":"2023-03-03T16:12:52","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T16:12:52","slug":"planning-applications-january-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bournemouthcivicsociety.org.uk\/comments-on-planning-applications\/planning-applications-january-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Planning Applications January 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

PLANNING\u00a0 APPLICATIONS\u00a0 RECEIVED\u00a0 BY\u00a0 BOURNEMOUTH\u00a0 PLANNING\u00a0 DEPARTMENT\u00a0 DURING\u00a0 JANUARY 2023 \u2013 A\u00a0 CRITIQUE\u00a0 BY\u00a0 JOHN\u00a0 SOANE,\u00a0 BUILT\u00a0 ENVIRONMENT\u00a0 CONSULTANT\u00a0 TO\u00a0 BOURNEMOUTH\u00a0 CIVIC\u00a0 SOCIETY<\/strong><\/p>\n

33 Uplands Road, Charminster: – Ref. No.\u00a0\u00a0 7-2023-20279-B<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is an application to construct a two storey extension to an existing inter war, two storey house and to extend and re-fashion the existing, one storey section on the adjacent side and rear elevation. The new rear fa\u00e7ade would have large, modern, vertical, three light windows on both floors of the new rear extension and also on the remaining portion of the rear one storey section.\u00a0\u00a0 There would be a slight increase in the size of the built foot print.<\/p>\n

The Society realises that these proposals would result in a most considerable contrast in architectural styles between the principal and rear elevations of the house.\u00a0\u00a0 However, since the new rear design does not appear to conflict strongly with significant structures in the built townscape, we feel the new modernist rear design would be suitable.<\/p>\n

Therefore as this application does infringe the townscape policies of the Bournemouth Local Plan, the Society has decided it should be allowed.<\/p>\n

44 Redhill Avenue: – Ref. No.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 7-2023-20620-B<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is an application to construct a new one and a half\u00a0 storey chalet bungalow on a severed site at the rear of an existing mid twentieth century developed plot near Winton Primary School. The new built foot print would take up about one third of the new site close to the western boundary with an entrance via the existing one to 44 Redhill Avenue.\u00a0 The new building would have a conventional bungalow design with a prominent hipped roof and dormers and symmetrical fenestration , three \/four light windows\/French windows on the front and rear facades.<\/p>\n

The Society observes that here is yet another attempt to build upon an open space within an already developed plot where no further construction was contemplated \u00a0merely for financial gain. We are also in agreement with local opinion which fears considerable privacy disturbance, the loss of wild life habitat and excessive pressure on the existing drainage system.<\/p>\n

Therefore we have decided that since this application does not comply with the townscape policies of the Bournemouth Local Plan, it should be refused.<\/p>\n

10 Gorsecliff Road,\u00a0\u00a0 Wallisdown: – Ref. No.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 7-2023-28747-B<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is an application to construct a one\/two storey side extension to an existing\u00a0 mid twentieth century \u00a0semi-detached house. If built the enlarged built foot print would stretch fully from one boundary division to the other. The new side elevation would\u00a0 consist of a blank wall; the new extended front and rear elevations would contain a garage, a new rear door, modern vertical windows on the first floor with an extended hipped roof above<\/p>\n

The Society has concluded\u00a0 that the enlarged structure\u00a0 would be too large in scale for the site and would amount to overdevelopment in comparison with the existing developed sites of adjacent houses.<\/p>\n

Consequently we feel that because this application does not respect the townscape policies of the Bournemouth Local Plan, it should be refused.<\/p>\n

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73 Newstead Road, West Southbourne: –\u00a0\u00a0 Ref. No.\u00a0 7-2023-28739-A<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is an application to create a two storey and one storey extension to the side and rear elevations of an existing mid twentieth century family house built in modernised Arts and Crafts style.\u00a0 The new extension would create a considerably enlarged, generally rectangular, built foot print that would extend fully from one boundary wall to the other.\u00a0 The built additions would be constructed in the modernist style: the extended front elevation (from the side) would consist of large areas of render below and timber cladding above which would enclose a large vertical window; the rear front would present timber cladding around a large window above and massive glass panels below; the new one\/two storey wall of the enlarged side extension would likewise be a mixture of brick below and timber cladding.<\/p>\n

The Society feel strongly that the planned extension has been designed in a completely inappropriate modern style that in no way compliments the existing property. Also we think that the\u00a0 scale of the building would be out of keeping with the smaller appearance of\u00a0 most of the surrounding properties. We feel too much massing at the side would unbalance the generally symmetrical and devolved perspective of the existing townscape.<\/p>\n

Consequently, the Society has decided that because this application does not satisfy the townscape policies of the Bournemouth Local Plan, it should be refused.<\/p>\n

70 Ripon Road, Moordown: –\u00a0\u00a0 Ref. No.\u00a0 7-2023-26284-A<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is an application to construct a new two storey two bedroom dwelling built as a separate extension to an existing property.\u00a0 The latter is part of a mid-twentieth century residential development of semi-detached houses.\u00a0 The quite plain facades and double windows of the original buildings would be replicated in the new development.<\/p>\n

However it is the view of the Society that the new combined larger built foot print of the two combined houses would be far too large in scale to be easily absorbed by the smaller, semi-detached houses of the surrounding townscape.\u00a0 If built we think it would give the undesirable impression of a terraced property built in the wrong place.<\/p>\n

Therefore since this application does not fulfil the townscape policies of the Bournemouth Local Plan, we feel it should be refused.<\/p>\n

26 Saint Michael\u2019s Road: – Ref. No.\u00a0\u00a0 7-2023-28724<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is an application to divide an existing building into three apartments and add a new staircase well on the northern fa\u00e7ade of the property facing along St. Michael\u2019s Road.\u00a0 It lies in the West Cliff Conservation Area. The property in question is part of a well-integrated number of holiday mansion flats that were constructed at a relatively high density as the West Cliff was being laid out in the late Nineteenth Century.\u00a0\u00a0 The staircase well would consist of a matching brick tower with two vertical windows at different floor levels and culminating with an integrated roof ridge.<\/p>\n

Although the Society acknowledges that the design is probably the best to be expected under difficult circumstances, we do note that part of the staircase tower would impinge on the polygonal shape of the corner belvedere tower which is both a distinctive aspect of the fa\u00e7ade and is a focal point of visual reference at the corner of Saint Michael\u2019s and Purbeck Roads when approached along St. Michael\u2019s Road.\u00a0 Therefore we think this proposed external alteration would not be appropriate in the West Cliff Conservation Area<\/p>\n

Consequently the Society has concluded that because this application takes too little notice of the Conservation Policies of the Bournemouth Local Plan, it should be refused.<\/p>\n

Land adjacent to 846 Christchurch Road, Boscombe: –\u00a0\u00a0 Ref. No.\u00a0 7-2023-4298-K<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is an application to construct on the site of a car park, a new 2\/3 storey block containing one commercial unit and five flats.\u00a0 The development would be adjacent to the well-known late nineteenth century neo Renaissance building which housed the Boscombe Technical Institute; the original application was refused. The new design replicates in simpler form the principal features of the old Institute building. It embraces a symmetrical fa\u00e7ade with vertical emphasis with a projecting pediment structure at the top that would be connected to a central hipped section of the roof. The principal fa\u00e7ade would have balanced pairs of large four light windows on the upper stories and large glass doors on the ground floor.<\/p>\n

The rear fa\u00e7ade would appear somewhat unsymmetrical with the hipped roof and the outer windows out of central alignment as a result of internal planning. Generally speaking, the Society finds this new scheme a much better design than the earlier \u00a0too modernist submission. We think it compliments its\u00a0 neo Renaissance neighbour in an appropriate way. We do not think that the unsymmetrical rear fa\u00e7ade is sufficiently degrading to warrant any design correction.<\/p>\n

Therefore since this application generally satisfies the townscape policies of the Bournemouth Local Plan, the Society has decided that it should be allowed.<\/p>\n

9 Keswick Road, Boscombe Manor: – Ref.\u00a0 No.\u00a0 7-2023-25101-C<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is an application to construct a new dwelling house on a severed site that is at present part of a double plot and occupied by an Arts and Crafts style family house built as part of a new residential neighbourhood in the 1920\u2019s. The new structure would imitate on a smaller scale the general appearance of the existing adjacent houses.\u00a0 The principal fa\u00e7ade would have a two storey bay window merging into a distinctive hipped roof at one extremity; a one storey projected main entrance and generally regularly positioned fenestration.<\/p>\n

The Society finds the design competent and aesthetically complimentary to neighbouring properties.<\/p>\n

The relative difference in visual scale between the new built foot print and the larger ones in the same road we feel can be compensated both by the use of the same architectural style and the same width in respect to the proportional spaces either side of the new house as between the adjacent structures.<\/p>\n

It follows that because this application does not in any way impede the townscape policies of the Bournemouth Local Plan, we have concluded that it should be allowed.<\/p>\n

The Lodge, 16a Manor Road, East Cliff: – Ref.\u00a0 No.\u00a0 7-2023-374-T<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is an application to build new extensions at ground and first floor level of the rear elevation of a rectangular two storey structure originally built as a hotel annexe .The new scheme would create a family house and gives a better symmetrical appearance to this side of the property.\u00a0 Two, two storey wings with hipped roofs would be constructed at either extremity of the rear fa\u00e7ade with a new balcony at first floor level between. Fenestration would be in the form of regularly positioned, triple cottage style windows.<\/p>\n

The Society finds the new design an enhancement to the area and a welcome contrast to the modernist hospitality structures on the East Cliff.\u00a0 And so on account of the fact that the Society finds that this application is no hinderance to the townscape policies of the Bournemouth Local Plan; we think it should be allowed.<\/p>\n

110 Horsham Avenue, Kinson: –\u00a0\u00a0 Ref. No.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 7-2023-28791-A <\/strong><\/p>\n

This is an application to extend an existing bungalow and to construct a new, detached, two bedroom bungalow on a severed site to the rear of 110 Horsham Avenue<\/p>\n

The extension to the existing building would entail the construction of a new wall with a large window on the north elevation to contain the enlarged living space.\u00a0 The new structure at the rear would have a modernist design; there would be a large gable on the north elevation in which would be positioned a large window ( French\u00a0 window ) in two stages\u00a0 across all of the lower wall and up to the top of the gable. There would be several entrances and irregular fenestration around the whole structure.<\/p>\n

The Society does not find this design\u00a0 a suitable solution for this site; we think the appearance of the new structures would not compliment the general appearance of the neighbourhood in any way and in comparison with the absence of extra buildings at the rear of adjacent developed sites, the new bungalow would amount to excessive over development.\u00a0 We see here yet another example of a crass scheme, only for financial gain.<\/p>\n

Under the circumstances, because this application in no way satisfies the townscape policies of the Bournemouth Local Plan, the Society has decided that it should be refused.<\/p>\n

Cliff House Hotel, Belle Vue Road, Southbourne: – Ref. No.\u00a0\u00a0 7-2023-10331-J<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is an application to convert the existing Cliff House Hotel at Southbourne into apartments. This hotel is a well known and well established centre of hospitality, built in elaborate Arts and Crafts style during the late Nineteenth Century and set in spacious grounds near the Southbourne Overcliff. Although there would be considerable, internal planning changes, externally, the main alteration would be a general standardisation of window and door shapes. Although earlier applications for this changeover have been refused, it is felt that since future profits for the hotel could still be limited, residential use might be the only alternative.<\/p>\n

The Society feel strongly however that since closure of the hotel would leave a considerable hole in the activities of the local community, a final sustained effort should be made by all parties to try and save this hotel \u00a0from closure.<\/p>\n

Consequently since what is proposed by this application may not be according to the townscape policies of the Bournemouth Local Plan, we are very much in favour of a deferment to enable further discussion to take place.<\/p>\n

Majorca Mansions, Crescent Road: – Ref.\u00a0 No.\u00a0 7-2023-28692-B<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is an application to add a penthouse floor to a low level existing quite plain building of two storeys which is situated between a large 4\/5 story Victorian mansion block and a mid-twentieth century\u00a0 detached, two storey house.\u00a0 The facades of the new penthouse storey, which would be built in the form of a modern Mansard roof, would be in the form of glass panels<\/p>\n

The Society is of the opinion that although Majorca Mansions is quite a modern building within an area of a considerable number of more traditional structures, the addition of a more comprehensive roof structure to this flat block makes it a more satisfying aesthetic foil in relation to neighbouring properties.<\/p>\n

Therefore because this application attempts to satisfy the townscape policies of the Bournemouth Local Plan, we suggest it be allowed. <\/em><\/p>\n

27-29 Meyrick Park Crescent: – Ref. No.\u00a0 7-2023-3886-G<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is an application to heighten the existing first floor rear link between two existing former family houses which are now used together as a rest home. The site is within the Meyrick Park and Talbot Woods Conservation Area.\u00a0 The application also contains a proposal to link the front facades of the two houses by a single storey link to be used as a reception\/entrance.<\/p>\n

One house is a well-designed example of the Arts and Crafts Style and is part of a wider piece of integrated urban development between Wimborne Road and Meyrick Park built in the early Twentieth Century.\u00a0 The other property is a detached house built after 1945.<\/p>\n

The new two storey rear link would include regularly positioned modern rectangular windows similar to the windows which are already present in the rear facades oi the two linked houses.\u00a0 At the front the two conservatories that face each other from each of the elevations of the two houses would be replaced by a flat roofed link building with a central entrance and two lateral windows.<\/p>\n

In view of the extremely pedestrian visual quality of the proposed additions, the Society agrees strongly with the Talbot\u00a0 and Branksome Woods Residents Association\u00a0 that if these planned changes were to take place it would be \u201ctotally inappropriate and harmful\u201d to the general appearance of Meyrick Park Crescent.<\/p>\n

We think that the present application if allowed would only further degrade the present appearance of the two houses and undo the existing\u00a0 integrated urban context of the adjacent area \u2013 just in order to cram in as many old people\u2019s flats as possible for financial gain.<\/p>\n

Therefore the Society most earnestly requests that the Bournemouth Planning Department act in an appropriate manner in order to preserve the fine architectural\/planning heritage of this part of Bournemouth.<\/p>\n

Consequently, since this application in no way complies with the conservation policies of the Bournemouth Local Plan, the Society has decided that it should be refused.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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