{"id":1170,"date":"2023-04-28T12:34:24","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T11:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bournemouthcivicsociety.org.uk\/?p=1170"},"modified":"2023-04-28T12:34:24","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T11:34:24","slug":"planning-applications-march-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bournemouthcivicsociety.org.uk\/comments-on-planning-applications\/planning-applications-march-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Planning Applications March 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

PLANNING\u00a0 APPLICATIONS\u00a0 RECEIVED BY THE BOURNEMOUTH\u00a0 PLANNING\u00a0 DEPARTMENT\u00a0 DURING\u00a0 MARCH\u00a0 2023\u00a0 –\u00a0 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

69\u00a0 Glenferness Avenue, Talbot Woods\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ref.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 No.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 7-2023-6241-E<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is an application to build a first floor side extension, a new extended rear fa\u00e7ade, a redesigned front elevation and main entrance in respect to\u00a0 an existing detached property, now somewhat derelict, built in modernist style during the 1960\u2019s.\u00a0 The latter is basically\u00a0 a rectangular, unadorned box with a pitched roof with\u00a0 modern rectangular band horizontal windows of different sizes arranged in asymmetrical fashion. The site lies within the Talbot Woods Conservation\u00a0 Area<\/p>\n

There would be a relative increase in the dimensions of the built foot print but the main change would be the change in the general appearance of the property towards a more integrated design in early twentieth century Arts and Crafts style.\u00a0 There would be a very distinctive\u00a0 and complex hipped roof with dormers above and \u00a0the majority of windows on both the principal and rear facades fa\u00e7ades would be sash with upper divisions and symmetrically positioned. The principal design exception to this general design change would be the ground floor of the rear extension which would consist entirely of five large glass panels\/French windows.<\/p>\n

The Society accepts the findings of the Heritage Report that the side extension is likely to make the new structure somewhat bulky in respect to neighbouring properties and that the enlarged hipped roof\u00a0 structure might be considered rather unusual in the area. However we believe very strongly that the main positive advantage of the extensive design changes to the existing property will be to produce a detached house in the Arts and Crafts style that compliments fully the predominant appearance of the surrounding original properties and thus fully enhances the wider urban perspective of this section of Glenferness Avenue.<\/p>\n

However the Society feels that the new proportions of the house would be\u00a0 improved if the side extension could be made lass prominent and the somewhat unregular shape of the hipped roof extension at the rear be better balanced.\u00a0\u00a0 We also think that the massive glass wall on the rear fa\u00e7ade should be broken up into separate arched sections. With these improvements we think that the exceptional architectural and planning standards of the Talbot Woods neighbourhood would be preserved<\/p>\n

Consequently, because the Society feel that this planning application does not fully meet the strict townscape conservation policies of the Bournemouth Local Plan, we think it should be deferred for further discussion and improvement.<\/p>\n

35 Eldon Road, \u00a0\u00a0Wallisdown\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ref.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 No.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 7-2023-28821`-A<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is an application to erect a detached, two storey, two bedroom house on a severed site in the extreme western corner of the original site very close to the boundary with no. 39. The general design of the proposed new property would be modernised Arts and Crafts, \u00a0with clusters of two, three and four traditional window sections placed around the property and with a hipped roof,<\/p>\n

The Society appreciate that the proposed building is reasonably well designed but, as with so many newly severed building sites, the latter is far too small to accommodate a new property in a location that was never designed for further houses.\u00a0\u00a0 In this respect we agree with local opinion which fears that increasing developments of this kind would reduce the peace of older residential neighbourhoods leading to overdevelopment in many parts of Bournemouth at the expense of many valuable gardens and open spaces.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Therefore the Society has decided that since this application in no way complies with the townscape policies of the Bournemouth Local Plan, it should be refused.<\/p>\n

38 Headswell Crescent, \u00a0Northbourne\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ref.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 No.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 7-2023-2483-F<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is an application to build a three bedroom detached dwelling in the rear portion of an already developed house site.\u00a0 The development would be in the form of a small chalet bungalow, one and a half storeys high with a pitched roof.\u00a0 The symmetrical front fa\u00e7ade would contain the entrance between a bay window and an integral garage and include four double panelled windows and a single one in the central gable The rear elevation would be more asymmetrical and include three and four panelled off centre French windows.<\/p>\n

The Society feels that although the new structure appears reasonably spacious it is inappropriately positioned for the site .\u00a0\u00a0 For considering that the latter is large and irregular with a triangular section near the entrance and a further considerable rectangular section beyond, we find the decision to place the new property very close and parallel to the existing house in the triangular section of the site very surprising.\u00a0 We think that if built the bunched up position if the two houses would create a poor spatial perspective; we think it would be far better , considering the amount of space available, to site the new property in the undeveloped, rectangular section of the site.<\/p>\n

Therefore since this application\u00a0 in no way complies with the townscape policies of the Bournemouth Local Plan, the Society has decided that it should be deferred for further consideration and improvement.<\/p>\n

28 Kimberley Road\u00a0 Southbourne\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ref.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 No.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 7-2023-26004-B<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is an application to\u00a0 construct a two storey rear extension to an existing house.\u00a0\u00a0 The site is very long and narrow and consequently the built foot print is also very narrow only allowing a series of rooms one room wide.\u00a0 The present rectangular building which is rather austere with a hipped roof and with two large rectangular windows near the main side entrance on the ground and first floors, would be extended in the same style towards the rear of the site; the new narrow elevation would contain\u00a0 quadruple French windows on the ground floor,<\/p>\n

The Society notes\u00a0 that everything about this project is unusual, but finds no compelling reason to censure the design.<\/p>\n

Therefore because this application does not go against the townscape policies of the Bournemouth Local Plan, the Society can find no reason to oppose it.<\/p>\n

24 Norwich Avenue\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Ref.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 No.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 7-2023-17310-A \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is an application to create further accommodation at second floor ( roof ) level on top of a small, late nineteenth century artisan\/ workingman\u2019s cottage that was part of the terraced development built in the Triangle at that time in order to service the large villas on the West Cliff.\u00a0 The principal fa\u00e7ade of this property has sash windows and a single storey bay window and a pitched roof above.<\/p>\n

The extra accommodation would consist of an exceptionally large\u00a0 modern dormer that would overlook the rear of the property.\u00a0 The Society strongly feels that the restricted dimensions of the original house are simply too small to take what amounts to a massive expansion of roof space. In addition we feel that the new development would create a considerable unbalancing of the wider perspective en masse of the surviving cottage tenements.<\/p>\n

Consequently, we are of the opinion that since this application in no respects the townscape policies of the Bournemouth Local Plan, it should be refused.<\/p>\n

76 Brackendale Road \u00a0\u00a0Ref.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 No.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 7-2023-12599-C<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is an application to construct single and two storey extensions, mainly to the side and rear of an existing property which has the appearance of an especially picturesque chalet bungalow.. In particular there is a conspicuous gable on the principal elevation\u00a0 that merges with the pitched roof.<\/p>\n

The changes would involve the reduction of the cottagey appearance of the rear elevation by the extension of the first floor and the insertion of two closely positioned, three panelled dormers in the extended hipped roof.\u00a0 There would be a large, divided, six light window on the ground floor and a relatively small, one storey extension at one corner in which a modernist window would comprise, in an asymmetrical manner, half the new rear elevation. \u00a0The front elevation would not be subject to such considerable stylistic changes.<\/p>\n

The Society observes that these new developments would involve\u00a0 an insensitive mixing of the cottage orne style with more modernist architectural elements with the result that the original structure would no longer appear as an integrated and balanced piece of design.\u00a0 Therefore we would suggest the following improvements: that all new windows conform to the more traditionally shaped fenestration of the original building; that the new small rear extension conforms more closely to the conservatory that it would replace and that the rear dormers be reduced considerably in bulk.<\/p>\n

It therefore follows that on account of the fact that this application does not fully conform to the townscape policies of the Bournemouth Local Plan, the Society has decided that it should be deferred for further discussion and improvement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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