DM2023/01097
27 - 29 High Street Carshalton SM5 3AX
Demolition of existing single storey building and erection of a three storey building to provide two commercial units (Class E) at ground floor and 9 self contained residential units (Class C3) at first and second floor with associated amenity areas, provision of off-street car parking at rear, refuse and cycle storage and landscaping.
The proposal would fail to provide a minimum of 50% of all dwellings on the site as having three bedrooms or more and there are no obvious restrictions that would make the site unsuitable for a housing mix which would meet this policy requirement. Thus, the proposed development would be contrary to the requirements of Policy 9 of the Sutton Local Plan and is therefore unacceptable in principle.
The proposal development, by reason of its unsympathetic and incongruous design, excessive height, bulk, massing and materials, would fail to preserve and enhance the Carshalton Village Conservation Area and would cause substantial harm to its character, contrary to Section 16 of the NPPF 2023, Policies D1, D3, D4, D8, and HC1 of the London Plan, Policies 28 and 30 of the Local Plan 2018, Sutton's Urban Design Guide SPD 14 and the Carshalton Village Conservation Area Appraisal 2019.
The proposal would result in an unacceptably adverse impact on neighbour amenity to the occupants of The Forge, 1-4 The Green and 9 Beacon Grove, by way of loss of outlook, light, privacy and an undue sense of enclosure, and as such the proposal is considered to be contrary to Policy 29 of the Local Plan.
The proposal would fail to deliver an acceptable standard of accommodation for the future occupiers by way of failing to provide an appropriate outlook and dual aspect and adequate private amenity space to a number of the proposed dwellings, contrary to Policy 9 of the Sutton Local Plan 2018 and Policy D6 of the London Plan 2021 and the guidance Urban Design Guide SPD14.
The inadequate width of the proposed access road means that the proposal would result in an unacceptably adverse impact on the safe and efficient operation of the public highway and therefore would be contrary to Policy 36 of the Sutton Local Plan.
The proposed development would result in an unacceptable loss of trees of value within the Carshalton Village Conservation Area, and would fail to provide high quality landscaping by design, contrary to Policies 28 and 30 of the Sutton Local Plan.
In the absence of evidence to the contrary, the proposed development would result in a net loss of biodiversity on site contrary to Policy 26 of the Sutton Local Plan.
The application has failed to demonstrate that it would provide necessary reductions in CO2 emissions by way of renewable energy and would achieve appropriate water efficiency, contrary to Policies 31 and 33 of the Sutton Local Plan.
The proposed development is considered unacceptable in terms of the lack of a completed S106 agreement, contrary to Policies T4, T6 and DF1 of the London Plan 2021, Policies 36 and 37 of the Sutton Local Plan 2018 and Sutton's Supplementary Planning Document 5 Planning Obligations.