{"id":741,"date":"2019-02-03T08:55:39","date_gmt":"2019-02-03T08:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/mirror_bcs\/?p=741"},"modified":"2019-02-03T08:55:39","modified_gmt":"2019-02-03T08:55:39","slug":"planning-applications-november-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bournemouthcivicsociety.org.uk\/comments-on-planning-applications\/planning-applications-november-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Planning Applications November 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

PLANNING\u00a0 APPLICATIONS\u00a0 RECEIVED\u00a0 BY BOURNEMOUTH\u00a0 PLANNING\u00a0 DEPARTMENT\u00a0 DURING\u00a0 NOVEMBER 2018 \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

Waterfront Site,\u00a0 Pier Approach\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a07-2018-3432-AJ<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is an application to create a\u00a0\u00a0 smugglers themed\u00a0 novelty golf course on the site of the\u00a0 demolished Imex building\u00a0 at the Pier Approach.\u00a0\u00a0 This new feature, for which permission has already been given, will consist of extensively landscaped areas around the site boundaries, a small lake and waterfall and \u00a0various\u00a0 features that will tell the story of the smuggling history of Bournemouth.<\/p>\n

In the absence of major new cultural and leisure facilities that are eventually \u00a0scheduled\u00a0 to be built on this site in future years \u00a0this new facility would only be temporary.\u00a0\u00a0 Nevertheless the Society asks whether this sort of feature in a prominent part of the seafront is really appropriate in an area that has recently been subject to considerable environmental enhancement.\u00a0 We feel that \u00a0\u00a0it is likely that this new novelty golf course, together with the now permanent presence of the Bournemouth Eye Wheel, \u00a0amounts to a creeping reduction of the general aesthetic qualities of the Pier Approach area and could mean the lessening of the status of Bournemouth as the best resort in the country.\u00a0 We note that there exists already \u00a0several novelty golf courses in the Lower Pleasure Gardens therefore because this open space has now become a very useful location for staging\u00a0 important musical events, the Society feels it should so remain until major redevelopment occurs.\u00a0 Moreover there is always the fear that if rebuilding does not happen within five years, this new golf course could become a permanent feature of the Pier Approach. .<\/p>\n

The Cottage, \u00a0Acarta Gardens, Manor Road\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ref. No.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 7-2018-6067-S<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is an application to demolish a much altered small late nineteenth century\u00a0 service cottage which is situated at the rear of the spacious grounds that surround the original large villa structure on the north side of Manor Road. The structure lies within the East Cliff Conservation Area.\u00a0 The existing footprint which includes a large extension with a flat room has a somewhat irregular shape and would be replaced with amore rectangular footprint where it is proposed to build a one to two story short terrace comprising one dwelling house and two flats.<\/p>\n

The principal\u00a0 one storey fa\u00e7ade would have two projections ending in\u00a0 half timbered gables which\u00a0 be incorporated\u00a0 into a traditional pitched roof.\u00a0 There would be two, lower level,\u00a0 gable\u00a0 projections on the rear fa\u00e7ade and fenestration would be in the form of casement windows and\u00a0 dormers on the principal fa\u00e7ade.<\/p>\n

Bearing in mind the existing spatial appearance of the cottage and the hotel the Society\u00a0 feel that what is proposed\u00a0 is better centered at the rear of the property and also appears to take up less space than the old cottage.\u00a0 However although we feel that the visual balance between\u00a0 the original large villa and the new terrace would be considerably improved, we also think that the asymmetrical design of the principal fa\u00e7ade is not appropriate\u00a0 in these circumstances.\u00a0 The Society would therefore suggest that the western end of this fa\u00e7ade be provided with a projecting gable structure to match the other two \u2013 so allowing a degree of\u00a0 symmetry to be restored.<\/p>\n

Therefore we have concluded that since this application does not comply fully with the conservation policies of the Bournemouth Local\u00a0 Plan, it should be deferred for further improvement rather than be refused.\u00a0 ( Policy 4.4, i.ii.iii )<\/p>\n

5-7\u00a0 Clarendon Road\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ref. No. 7-2018-2732-AA<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is an application to construct a two storey building in modernist style for 19 flats on the site of two interwar houses built in traditional style but not of exceptional architectural merit.\u00a0\u00a0 The\u00a0 site \u00a0lies within the Westcliff and Triangle Conservation Area.<\/p>\n

The new building would be horizontal in appearance and would consist mainly of an asymmetrical arrangement of glass panels (with French windows ) fronted by\u00a0 prominent communal glass balconies \u2013with whole sections of the principal fa\u00e7ade bordered by thin concrete strips.\u00a0 There would be a flat roof.<\/p>\n

The Society\u00a0 strongly feels that considering that there still remains a fair number of substantial structures of late nineteenth and twentieth century date in the vicinity\u00a0 of Clarendon Road we are amazed that this very un imaginatively designed structure \u00a0\u00a0exhibiting the very worst failings of \u00a0flat blocks from the 1960\u2019s should\u00a0 be considered\u00a0 a suitable replacement for this site.\u00a0 For indeed even if the previous application in the form of a late nineteenth century traditional mansion block was rejected more for spatial in adequacies than for aesthetic reasons we think it is quite obvious that a new building in a more traditional form, would considerably enhance and respect \u00a0the original character of Clarendon Road.<\/p>\n

Moreover in view of the wholesale destruction of fine nineteenth century\u00a0 family houses on the West Cliff during the modernist mania of the 1960\u2019s and their replacement\u00a0 by banal, residential blocks; the Society is of the opinion that the Planning Department can ill afford to allow the already considerably damaged townscape of this area to be degraded further by\u00a0 architectural designs of similar poor quality.<\/p>\n

These fears are echoed by 43 letters by local residents whose general fear is that the new structure on account of its size and general design would\u00a0 have a negative impact on the existing social and visual\u00a0 advantages of the area.\u00a0\u00a0 There was a great deal of concern that the site would accommodate an excessive number of small flats that would be totally \u00a0unsuitable for family use.\u00a0 Indeed it was felt that\u00a0 these factors, taken in conjunction with the\u00a0 over development of the site and\u00a0 the parking problems that would result, demonstrated that the failings of this latest application were no different to the one rejected in\u00a0 April 2018.<\/p>\n

Consequently, after mature consideration, the Society has decided that since this application does not in any way fulfill the conservation policies of the Bournemouth Local Plan, it should be rejected.<\/p>\n

Policy 4.4,I,ii,iii.<\/p>\n

3 Edgehill Road\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ref No.\u00a0 7-2018-27073-A<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is an application to construct three dwelling houses on cleared land; two in the form of a pair of semi-detached\u00a0 houses;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 the third house parallel to the other two\u00a0 semi-detached structures.<\/p>\n

What is proposed in this application is similar to an earlier application.\u00a0 The general design of the properties would be in the form of interwar, suburban houses from the Home Counties.\u00a0 The two principal facades would encompass a two storey bay window that would end in a half timbered gable connected to the pitched roof.\u00a0 The rear facades would have more restrained \u00a0symmetrical fenestration as would\u00a0 half the double front fa\u00e7ade of the semi detached houses.<\/p>\n

The Society can find no serious design defect in these proposals.\u00a0\u00a0 They imitate the\u00a0 inter war architecture\u00a0 of the remainder of Edgehill Road and integrate into the general townscape a formerly empty, open space.<\/p>\n

We therefore think that under the circumstances, this application fulfills all the townscape policies of the Bournemouth Local Plan and should be allowed.\u00a0 (Policy \u00a04.19,I,ii,iii )<\/p>\n

35-35a St Clements Road Ref. No\u00a0 7-2018-13495-A<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is an application to construct a three storey block of six flats\u00a0 on the rear portion of a developed residential site on the corner of\u00a0 St Clements Road and Cleveland Road.\u00a0 The site of the proposed development\u00a0 is at present occupied by industrial workshops of no architectural value\u00a0 whatsoever.<\/p>\n

The new building would be of almost rectangular shape with a shallow hipped roof connected to small gables on the SE and NW elevations.\u00a0 There would be symmetrical fenestration\u00a0 in the form of quite large rectangular casement windows on both these elevation and fewer but similar windows asymmetrically arranged on the shorter elevations.<\/p>\n

In view of the rather ugly and dilapidated state of the workshops \u00a0the Society feel that redevelopment of this part of the site\u00a0 as flats in a generally residential area would be a good move.\u00a0 The new block would enable this corner area to be spatially integrated in a more appropriate manner into the adjacent townscape.\u00a0\u00a0 However although\u00a0 we think the general mass and form of the structure is suitable we are of the opinion that the windows are too large and rather insensitively designed \u00a0on the principal elevations.\u00a0\u00a0 Therefore we suggest that a somewhat more enhanced vertical emphasis be given to all the window openings.<\/p>\n

Consequently the Society has concluded\u00a0 that since this application does not completely fulfill the townscape policies of the Bournemouth Local Plan, it should be deferred for improvement .\u00a0\u00a0 Policy 4.19,I,ii,iii .<\/p>\n

29-31 Southcote Road\u00a0 Ref.\u00a0 No.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 7-2018-5626-I<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is an application to construct 23 small residential units for students on the site of a late nineteenth century urban terrace used as 4 flats .<\/p>\n

The new building of necessity will be much wider that the existing structure but the principal road fa\u00e7ade will replicate what is now there including two gabled projections.\u00a0 There would be modern casement windows and a shallow hipped roof above.<\/p>\n

The Society\u00a0 is happy with the new principal elevation which\u00a0 compliments the existing two storey late nineteenth century townscape of Southcote Road.\u00a0\u00a0 Furthermore in view of the existing complex useage of this part of Southgate Road: residential, student use and commercial\/ industrial, we accept \u00a0the somewhat higher density of accommodation put forward in the proposals.<\/p>\n

We have therefore decided that because this application appears to satisfy the townscape policies of the Bournemouth Local Plan, it should be allowed.\u00a0\u00a0 (Policy \u00a04.19, i,ii,iii )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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