Planning Application for New House on Hewitt

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Permalink Reply by Robert Pike on January 10, 2014 at 13:53

Looking at the D&A statement looks like the design is very much a result of the constraints of the former garage site and has to reflect the bulk, scale and mass of that. Also overlooked by several properties which seems to have determined window and opening positions. With these parameters set it looks like a positive addition to the streetscape that improves on the run down garage and boundary treatments that are currently present. Timber is a nice addition to the local materials. Like the high energy rating which should be a must across the board nowadays. 

More of these leftover spaces should be exploited in this way. With the right creative thinking the results should always be an improvement on what has gone before. It would also go someway - albeit minor in scale - reducing housing demand. Would be interested to know what plots are available in HOL country. 

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Permalink Reply by Rachel Fisher on January 10, 2014 at 13:59

I think that Haringey has commissioned a review of all the small sites in the borough - primarily land they own - to look at how to increase housing numbers through small scale infill. Not sure if the results are publically available though.

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Permalink Reply by 1eyw8rs38v29g on January 11, 2014 at 14:20

Im in favour of this type of planning application.  Clear, well considered and not over developed.  

A positive use of previously developed land (garages), not too much accomodation proposed, garden space, not too imposing and some consideration for the neighbours in the placement of windows in terms of overlooking etc.  I know CSH 4 is a requirement of most London Councils but at least these designers appear to have embraced it and made it integral to the design.

Dare i say, the street elevation drawn looks like they could of perhaps gone a storey taller compared to the neighbouring Victorian Terraces (?) but considering they are right on the edge of the underground section of the New River - probably best they didn't!

I hope they have a positive outcome and that something of quality gets built to provide a good family home and bit of animation to this empty section of streetscape.

On a similar note, has everyone seen that Cooley architects are holding a public consultation/exhibition this Monday (13th Jan) in the Gree... from 4pm to 9pm for the redevelopment of the steel yard by Hornsey Station (Hampden rd)?

(Thanks to John D for posting this).

Its great that a large industrial site might provide some more much needed housing in the area but the artist images suggest that they are perhaps cramming too many in and that they've gone about 3 storeys too high: 

http://www.cooleyarchitects.com/project/view/32/

I'll reserve final judgement until i've seen the full proposal on Monday but heres a sneak peak below.

 

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Permalink Reply by Hugh on January 11, 2014 at 15:45

Thanks for flagging this up in the forum LRB. I'd missed John's event posting (and thanks for post that John).

See previous discussions on the development.

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Permalink Reply by Geoff on February 14, 2014 at 10:57

This Hewitt Road proposal looks like a fantastic scheme - imaginative, restrained, well-considered and of a very high architectural quality - unlike some of the other infill schemes proposed (and built) in the area. Hope to see this taking shape, once the conditions imposed have been dealt with (presumable, fairly straightforward). Very exciting.

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Permalink Reply by Hugh on February 17, 2014 at 22:28

Sub thread about the no conversion policy moved here to its own thread. Please 'Follow' that thread to get alerts for further replies.

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Permalink Reply by Hugh on February 17, 2014 at 23:17

Apparently the moved comments were only visible to admins - now fixed. (And thanks to Nicholas for flagging that up to me).

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Permalink Reply by Geoff on February 18, 2014 at 9:42

Hugh, would it be helpful to also retain (repeat) on this page your comment revealing the mechanism that you have uncovered behind the planning application, starting: "Now the not so good news. It seems that this planning permission has just been sought so that the land can be sold. ..." ? It puts comments on this scheme in to sharp relief and highlights an important and different issue. The new thread follows a different trajectory.

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Permalink Reply by Hugh on February 18, 2014 at 9:53

As you suggest Geoff, here is the comment I posted on this thread last night that took us off on the conversion policy trajectory:

Now the not so good news. It seems that this planning permission has just been sought so that the land can be sold. I guess it's part of the garden of the house on Wightman that was recently bought and converted into 3 or 4 flats. My other half remembers that being bought for £500/600k. What with this £300k and whatever they got for the flats, they've done pretty well out of that little development - though it does seems to have slipped through the no-conversion net.

Buy the land via Winkworth.

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