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5 LVMF 5A.2 | Greenwich Park: the General Wolfe Statue - North East of the Statue 3277 6061 3277 6065 5 LVMF 5A.2 | Greenwich Park: the General Wolfe statue - north east of the statue 3277_6061 3277_6065 Existing Proposed Existing Proposed Cumulative 6.27 The view from northeast of the General Wolfe Statue in 6.30 The tip of the proposed Residential Tower will appear above 6.31 The tips of One Blackfriars and the Ludgate House and Greenwich Park is designated in the LVMF SPG as a London the foreground treeline on the left side of the view. In summer, Sampson House buildings may also appear through the Panorama from Assessment Point 5A.2 looking towards St it is unlikely to be noticed. Even in winter, due to its distance foreground foliage in winter, set to the right of the proposed Paul’s Cathedral. The viewpoint is also located within the and materiality, it is likely to be difficult to discern. If noticed, Residential Tower. Together they will act as high quality Greenwich Park Conservation Area. it will act as a subtle and elegant marker of the regeneration markers for the regeneration occurring at Blackfriars. However, occurring at Blackfriars and will visually relate to the taller, due to their distance and materiality they are also unlikely to 6.28 This is the central part of the Panorama which is dominated tapering glazed form of The Shard, further right in this view, be noticed, even in winter. by the park in the foreground and the Maritime Greenwich which marks London Bridge. WHS. The towers of Canary Wharf are also dominant, on the Significance of impact: negligible to minor, beneficial far right of this frame. The broad expanse of the river bending Significance of impact: negligible to minor, beneficial westwards forms the middle ground with residential blocks fronting its northern edge and taller residential buildings rising beyond in Tower Hamlets and to the southwest in Deptford. 6.29 In the far distance, the City towers form a tight group, including the Heron Tower, 30 St Mary Axe, Tower 42 and 122 Leadenhall Street. 20 Fenchurch Street appears set slightly apart from this group, to the left. St Paul’s Cathedral is just discernible above Tower Bridge further left and, at the far edge of the distant panorama, the slender form of The Shard now rises just beyond the foreground trees. 44 18 Blackfriars Road, SE1 Visual Impact Study December 2016 LVMF 5A.2 | Greenwich Park: the General Wolfe statue - north east of the statue 5 3277_6066 Cumulative December 2016 Visual Impact Study 18 Blackfriars Road, SE1 45 6 LVMF 6A.1 | Blackheath: the Point - the orientation board 3277_4601 3277_4605 Existing Proposed Existing 6.33 The distance of St Paul’s and its low profile on the horizon Significance of impact: minor, beneficial make it hard to discern in this view, especially at present due 6.32 The view from the Point at Blackheath is designated in the to the growth of foreground trees. More prominent are the Cumulative LVMF SPG as a London Panorama from Assessment Point profiles of the tops of the City towers – 122 Leadenhall Street, 6A.1 looking towards St Paul’s Cathedral. It gives the following Tower 42, 30 St Mary Axe and the Heron Tower, with 20 6.36 A tighter tall buildings group will emerge at Blackfriars with description: Fenchurch Street set slightly apart to their left. The Shard, now the completion of One Blackfriars and construction of the the tallest building in view, beside Guy’s Hospital tower, has Ludgate House and Sampson House development. It will be “The foreground is detached from the Viewing Location a much lighter character on the skyline than the City towers. positioned between the foreground SELCHP chimney and because of the dramatic drop from the Blackheath Point BT Tower and will be set much lower than the tapering form escarpment to the flat plane of rooftops below. The fore- 6.34 The viewpoint is located within the Blackheath Conservation of The Shard further to the right. Together, the consented ground and middle ground are visually merged and are Area. schemes will add to the variety of landmark forms in view and largely made of up late eighteenth century and early will help to make the skyline interesting and legible. nineteenth century houses and terraces [...] Proposed Significance of impact: minor, beneficial A number of tall buildings stand in isolation on the 6.35 The tops of the proposed towers would appear in front of the skyline. Tower Bridge is visible between St Paul’s South Bank Tower and above 240 Blackfriars Road, with the Cathedral and the City cluster of tall buildings, including more distant Centre Point (under scaffolding) to their imme- 30 St Mary Axe. The dome and western towers of the diate right and One Blackfriars (under construction) adjacent. Cathedral are visible, the former silhouetted against the The proposed towers will have elegant slender forms which sky, enabling clear recognition and appreciation of the will complement the foreground SELCHP chimney to their landmark. Few buildings are visible immediately behind close left and distant BT Tower to their right. They will add to the landmark, such that the rising line of hills to the north the variety of landmark forms in view and will help to make are the dominant backdrop feature” (Ref. 1-6, p.73). the skyline interesting and legible. The setting of St Paul’s Cathedral, set well to the right and partly obscured by a crane in this view, will not be harmed. 46 18 Blackfriars Road, SE1 Visual Impact Study December 2016 LVMF 6A.1 | Blackheath: the Point - the orientation board 6 3277_4606 Cumulative December 2016 Visual Impact Study 18 Blackfriars Road, SE1 47 7 LVMF 26A.1 | St. James’ Park Bridge 3277_4521 3277_4525 Existing Proposed Existing the exception of the London Eye, which stands at 135 Proposed landscaped setting of Duck Island and the rest of the parkland metres or 443 feet, is made of steel, is visually permeable in view which would continue to dominate the fore and middle 6.37 The view from the footbridge across the lake in St James’s Park and is useful for orientation purposes” (Ref. 1-6, p.221). 6.42 Only the very tip of the Residential Tower at 18 Blackfriars Road ground. The composition and quality of the view and the signifi- is a designated Townscape View from Assessment Point 26A.1. would be seen and it would be of a light materiality and a consid- cance of the heritage assets within the view would not be harmed. The view is also located in the Royal Parks Conservation Area. 6.41 Visual Management Guidelines given for the background of the erable distance away (over 2km). It would be a small point of view are as follows: interest on the distant horizon and would not be of a scale, mass Significance of impact: minor, neutral 6.38 The photograph was taken in September 2016. or form that would visually dominate, overpower or compete “Development in the background of this view should be of with either of the two groups of built form in the view, which are Cumulative 6.39 Ahead is Duck Island, and beyond the dense planting that a scale, mass or form that does not dominate, overpower substantially larger and predominantly more solid in appear- surrounds the lake can be glimpsed the monumental buildings or compete with either of the existing two groups of built ance. In accordance with the LVMF SPG Visual Management 6.43 The tip of the Doon Street tower will appear to the right of of Whitehall, the majority of which are Grade I listed. To the left form or the landscape elements between and either side Guidelines, it would not appear above the central part of Duck the South Bank Tower and at a similar height to the proposed is Horse Guards, with the roofs of Whitehall Court beyond. To of them. The way it is lit should not detract from night- Island. It would be set at the outer edge of Duck Island and with Residential Tower. One Blackfriars and the tallest Ludgate the right is the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, behind which time views. Any building proposals that will be visible in the right hand group of buildings and would be a minor element House and Sampson House tower (LH-B) would be concealed – on the South Bank of the River Thames – is the London Eye, the background should relate to one or the other of the of that group and would contribute to the variety of its built form. by the Doon Street tower. The Shell Centre development will an eye-catching feature within the composition. The tip of the existing groups and must be of exceptional design quality, Its interesting silhouette and predominantly glazed materials form a new backdrop to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office South Bank Tower is now visible above the centre of Duck Island. in particular with regard to their roofline, materials, shape would visually relate to the more modern elements of the group tower to the right. The wider urban setting of the park and the and silhouette. New buildings should appear as part of the and distinguish it from the Classical and stone form of the Foreign listed buildings in view will become more visible. However, the 6.40 The view is described in the LVMF SPG (Ref. 1-6) as follows: existing groups of buildings; buildings that appear above and Commonwealth Office, which would continue to dominate significant distance of the new buildings at Blackfriars and their the central part of Duck Island would damage the viewer’s that building group.
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