Draft East Sheen Supplementary Planning Document

EAST SHEEN

Draft Supplementary Planning Document I February 2015

Contents

1. Introduction 04 2. Planning Policy and Wider Context 06 3. Spatial Context 08 4. Vision for East Sheen 13 5. Objectives 14 6. Character Area Assessments 15 7. Features and Materials 52 8. Guidance for Development Sites 60 9. Shop Front Guidance 62 10. Forecourt Parking 68

Appendix 1: Relevant Policies and Guidance 70

3 1. Introduction

The purpose of this Village Planning Guidance Supplementary Planning The London Borough of Richmond Document (SPD) is primarily to establish upon Thames has been divided into a vision and planning policy aims for, a series of smaller village areas. and assist in defining, maintaining and Each village is distinctive in terms of enhancing the character of East Sheen the community, facilities and local character – as are many sub areas Village, and to provide guidance in this within the villages. regard. The SPD forms part of the wider Village Plan. The villages of the London Borough Richmond upon Thames are By identifying key features of the village, attractive with many listed buildings the SPD clarifies the most important and conservation areas, the local aspects and features that contribute to character of each being unique, local character to guide those seeking recognisable and important to the to make changes to their properties or community and to the aesthetic of to develop new properties in the area, as the borough as a whole. well as being a material consideration in determining planning applications.

The core of this SPD is a series of character area assessments for the component areas of East Sheen. These character areas have been identified through the similarity of key features that are deemed to define their individual local character. The assessments establish dominant features and materials as well as an overall description of the street pattern and housing types. East Sheen Village Planning Guidance SPD area © Crown copyright and database rights 2014 Ordnance Survey 100019441

4 The boundary for the SPD is based on: Wider Context (Village Plans) ■ a review of how each area’s design ■ Village Plans have been developed for each characteristics can best be grouped; of Richmond’s 14 villages. Each Village Plan ■■ taking account of physical and describes a vision for the village area and administrative boundaries, including identifies what the Council will do and conservation area boundaries to avoid what local people can do to achieve the these being split between village areas; and vision together. It sets out the key issues ■■ how local communities viewed their local and priorities and provides background areas when asked through the Council’s information on the village area. The Village 2010 ‘All-In-One’ survey and subsequent Plans are maintained on the Council’s consultation events. website and are updated regularly as works are progressed. They cover a wide range of This SPD has been produced by the Council topics, including matters not within the remit working closely with the community. This has of the SPD. ensured that local residents, businesses and stakeholders have been genuinely involved in This Village Planning Guidance SPD forms defining the important features – as well as part of the Village Plan by providing a formal the opportunities and threats – that define planning policy document which can be their local area. used to guide new development that has responded to residents desire to have The community was initially involved through: greater control and influence over planning and development decisions in their local area. ■■ ‘Drop in’ session at Sheen Lane Centre The involvement of the local community in on 22nd November 2014 the production of the SPD has been essential ■■ Community walkabout on 23rd in ensuring it is a genuine reflection of November 2014 resident’s priorities. ■■ Online questionnaire (from 7th November to 19th December 2014) ■■ Stakeholder workshop (29th January 2015, Sheen Lane Centre)

Consultation events for the East Sheen Village Planning Guidance SPD

5 2. Planning Policy and Wider Context

2.1 Planning Policy Framework Local Planning Policy SA Plan sites can be viewed at http:// www.richmond.gov.uk/home/services/ National Planning Policy The London Borough of Richmond upon planning/planning_policy/local_plan/site_ Thames current statutory planning policy allocations_plan.htm The National Planning Policy Framework framework is set out in adopted Plans (NPPF) sets out the Government’s being the Core Strategy, adopted in April 2.2 Key Planning Policies planning policies for England and how 2009, and the Development Management these are expected to be applied. The Plan, adopted in November 2011. There SPDs cannot create new policies but NPPF is a key part of the Government’s is an online proposals map and also a expand on policies set out in higher reforms to make the planning system range of guidance provided by way of plans, notably the Core Strategy (CS) less complex and more accessible. The Supplementary Planning Documents and the Development Management NPPF provides the context for local (SPDs) and Supplementary Planning Plan (DMP). This SPD relates to a planning authorities and decision takers, Guidance (SPGs) for the area. This SPD considerable number of higher policies, both when drawing up plans and making will form part of the planning policy notably: decisions about planning applications. framework upon adoption. There is also CS Policy CP7: Maintaining and Improving It must be taken into account in the a range of evidence base studies that the the Local Environment preparation of local and neighbourhood Council has undertaken which help to plans, and is a material consideration in guide policy making. All new development should recognise planning decisions. distinctive local character and contribute The Council is preparing a Site to creating places of a high architectural Regional Planning Policy Allocations Plan (SA Plan), which will and urban design quality that are well include site specific proposals for the At a regional level, the London Plan used and valued. Proposals will have to whole borough, other than Twickenham (adopted in 2011) is the overall strategic illustrate that they: plan for London setting out an integrated town centre (which is already covered economic, environmental, transport and by the Twickenham Area Action Plan). (i) are based on an analysis and social framework for the development The SA Plan will become part of the understanding of the Borough’s of London over the next 20-25 years. Local Plan when adopted. The site- development patterns, features and This document has been adopted to specific proposals in the SA Plan will views, public transport accessibility ensure a longer-term view of London’s look ahead over the next 15 years and and maintaining appropriate levels of development is taken when producing be used to set out general principles for amenity; local plans, making planning decisions development and determine planning (ii) connect positively with their and investing in infrastructure. applications on these sites. Some SA surroundings to create safe and Plan sites in East Sheen are included in inclusive places through the use Section 8 of this document, which goes of good design principles including into more detail on design objectives layout, form, scale, materials, natural where appropriate. A full list of the

6 surveillance and orientation, and CS Policy CP8: Town and Local Centres DMP Policy DM HD 3 Buildings of Townscape encouraging local activities and creating sustainable construction. Merit new links to them. Retail and town centre uses will be ■■ Reduce through traffic and congestion DMP Policy DM DC 1 Design Quality supported providing that it is appropriate to Preservation and enhancement of Buildings and improve rail and bus services. the role in the hierarchy of the centres, and of Townscape Merit and the Council will use New development must be of a high respects the character, environment and its powers where possible to protect their ■■ Increase car and cycle parking to architectural and urban design quality historical interest of the area. significance, character and setting. support East Sheen centre. based on sustainable design principles. ■■ Improve Mortlake Station and Development must be inclusive, respect DMP Policy DM OS 4 Historic Parks, Gardens DMP Policy DM TP 9 Forecourt Parking surroundings to create a high quality local character including the nature of and Landscapes interchange and related public spaces. The parking of vehicles in existing front a particular road, and connect with, and ■■ Ensure that any redevelopment contribute positively, to its surroundings Parks and gardens as well as landscapes gardens will be discouraged, especially of special historic interest included in the where of the Stag Brewery site provides based on a thorough understanding of the improvements to the riverside site and its context. Register compiled by English Heritage and other historic parks, gardens and ■■ this would result in the removal of environment, improved functional and In assessing the design quality of a proposal landscapes... (including Royal Botanic architectural features such as walls, gates physical linkages to the town centre the Council will have regard to the Gardens)... will be protected and enhanced. and paving, or of existing trees and other and an exciting range of uses which following: vegetation; or complement those in East Sheen centre. DMP Policy DM HD 1 Conservation Areas – ■■ where such parking would detract ■■ Ensure that local features and character ■■ compatibility with local character designation, protection and enhancement from the streetscape or setting of the and particularly for historic buildings and including relationship to existing property. features are retained and enhanced. Any townscape Buildings or parts of buildings, street new development should be appropriate furniture, trees and other features which ■■ frontages, scale, height, massing, 2.3 Planning Policy Aims in terms of scale and materials and make a positive contribution to the proportions and form include sufficient car parking. character, appearance or significance of the This SPD reinforces the existing planning ■■ sustainable development and adaptability, area should be retained. policy aims which have been established for ■■ Ensure that grass verges, street trees and subject to aesthetic considerations East Sheen Village which seek to achieve the other vegetation are retained and that ■■ layout and access DMP Policy DM HD 2 Conservation of Listed following: front garden parking is limited. ■■ space between buildings and relationship Buildings and Scheduled Ancient Monuments ■■ Improve areas which are less attractive to the public realm ■■ Improve the range of shops and services such as service roads, blocks of domestic Preservation of Listed Buildings of special in the town centre and particularly garages and inappropriate shop fronts. ■■ detailing and materials architectural or historic interest and encourage independent shops to ■ Ensure that restaurants and other places Ancient Monuments and seek to ensure ■ Whilst all adopted policies are applicable, enhance character and choice. of entertainment do not adversely affect that they are kept in a good state of repair. those of particular relevance are: (A full list ■■ Create a high quality public realm and residents. of relevant policies is appended). new public space at Milestone Green to ■■ Provide new amenity areas and children’s make the Centre more attractive and to play space in those parts beyond walking support the commercial function. distance of a local park (north of Upper ■■ Protect and enhance existing open areas, Richmond Road West).

7 3. Spatial Context

This section covers transport, green spaces, Facilities in East Sheen Green Infrastructure shops and services which are an essential ■ There is a wide range of local shops, ■ Hertford Avenue Allotments part of the village’s character. These are ■ ■ restaurants and facilities along Sheen detailed below and, together with its ■■ Palewell Playing Fields Lane and Upper Richmond Road West historic assets, are mapped on the following ■■ East Sheen Common pages. ■■ East Sheen Library and Sheen Lane ■■ Old Mortlake Burial Ground Centre are located in the centre of East ■ Richmond Park adjoins East Sheen Village Sheen ■ to the south ■■ The area has four primary schools and one secondary school ■■ There are four churches located in the area ■■ Barnes Hospital (a community mental health facility), three GP practices, four pharmacies and three dental practices ■■ Employment areas are generally located along Upper Richmond Road West and Sheen Lane

Connectivity and Accessibility ■■ Regular rail services serve Mortlake Train Station ■■ Bus services run along Upper Richmond Road West ■■ There is good quality bus infrastructure ■■ The village is supported by a range of walking and cycling routes including off road cycle paths, main road cycle routes and quiet cycle routes

8 Connectivity and Accessibility in East Sheen

9 Facilities in East Sheen

Open space designations are taken from the Council’s Adopted Local Plan Proposals Map 2013

10 Green Infrastructure in East Sheen

Open space designations are taken from the Council’s Adopted Local Plan Proposals Map 2013

11 Historic Assets in East Sheen

Legend

Conservation Area Building Of Townscape Merit Listed Building Village Boundary © Crown copyright and database rights 2014 Ordnance Survey 100019441

Note that Archaeological Priority Areas are recorded in the Development Management Plan © Crown copyright and database rights 2014 Ordnance Survey 100019441

12 4. Vision for East Sheen

The vision for East Sheen is to retain the established character of the area.

The vision for East Sheen is to retain the Opportunities to create of a ‘centre’ for established character of the area. the village at Milestone Green and to support the needs of both the younger and East Sheen is a predominantly residential older members of the community will be area between the River Thames and explored. Richmond Park. Towards the Park there are attractive tree lined streets with large Richmond Park, East Sheen Common and houses, whereas north of the Upper Palewell Common provide a unique open Richmond Road West the character is area for a range of recreational activities formed by terraced cottages and houses. and important wildlife habitats and will be Important historic buildings and walls add protected and enhanced to local character. The aim is to maintain and enhance the Between these two areas is a major district local character and in particular the shopping centre with a mix of multiple and character of the housing and the distinctive specialist shops, including a large Waitrose tree lined streets, historic buildings and and a range of community facilities at the walls and to improve the convenience of the Sheen Lane Centre. The centre of East shopping centre to the community including Sheen is bisected by the Upper Richmond through its range of uses. Road West (A205 South Circular) and inevitably this has a major impact on its appearance and character. Opportunities to manage the impacts of the Upper Richmond Road West on the environment and its users will be taken wherever possible.

13 5. Objectives

The East Sheen Village Planning Guidance SPD has been developed to meet the following objectives, which correspond to those in the Council’s Design Quality SPD.

Identify local character – to identify Design Review – to provide a framework local character and historic assets for for the Council to use in reviewing the enhancement or protection. effectiveness of planning and other public realm decisions. Promote high standards of design - through high quality illustrative material and Local Policy Context - to identify those simple guidance and advice to local residents statutory policies (Core Strategy and and businesses. Development Management Plan) which are essential to addressing local issues. (See Development Management – to paragraph 2.3 above and Appendix 1) set design guidelines for householders, developers and the Council (in relation to public realm) to encourage high quality development through the submission of proposals that are appropriate for the area

Implementation of schemes – to provide advice for householders and businesses that will help them achieve repairs and modernisation which respects local character.

14 6. Character Area Assessments

The identification of local character is one of the primary objectives of the SPD. The character area assessments sub-divide the village into a smaller set of sub areas, some of which are further sub-divided. Each area has been defined by grouping properties where a large proportion have similar characteristics, features and materials. These have been identified and recorded.

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Character Area Plan

15 Character Area 1: Upper Richmond Road West (East Sheen)

Character Summary Continuing westwards, beyond post-war Dominant Materials and Features Upper Richmond Road West in East Sheen infill on the northern side of the road, Key characteristics include: Street trees, is an often congested key transport route lie a number of late nineteenth century street lamps, gables, applied timbering, connecting Putney and Richmond. It acts as properties in yellow brick, often with mansards, red and yellow brick, shop fronts a high street for the village. Building use is Venetian windows at first-floor level and predominantly retail and commercial, with shop fronts below; all are Buildings of Threats from development some houses and mansion blocks, often with Townscape Merit. Immediately after these ■■ Poor quality shop fronts threaten the shop fronts at street level. are a group of distinct c.1900 detached historic character of the High Street. houses which have a staggered building line ■■ Impact of heavy traffic and car-dominated Sheen Lane (Mortlake) Conservation Area and have large gable ends. They are also urban realm on buildings. splits the character area in two. To the Buildings of Townscape Merit reflecting their east lies predominantly Edwardian parades consistent character, which are little altered, ■■ Use of uPVC windows. and mansion blocks with shop fronts at except for their less coherent front garden Opportunities Upper Richmond Road West street level. It is more intimate in scale and boundaries. After an Art Deco inspired block architecturally more coherent than the and another long Edwardian parade on the ■■ Careful upgrading and future design of western portion. Arts and Crafts detailing south side of the road, again all Buildings shop fronts would help to preserve and such as applied timbering on the gables of Townscape Merit, the road becomes enhance the character of the area. prevail and many are designated Buildings of predominantly residential with properties of ■■ Explore the possibility of creating a Townscape Merit. Few original shop fronts varying dates. more formalised spill out seating space survive, though the survival of original for cafes, utilising the particularly wide windows is better at this end of the road. Main Characteristics pavements on Upper Richmond Road The Grade II-listed Hare and Hounds pub • Key route acting as the High Street for West, specifically at the East Sheen which dates from the early nineteenth the Village, predominately retail and Avenue end. century is all that remains of the earlier High commercial. ■■ The early twentieth-century building Street. • Lack of coherence with separate ‘Clifford House’ on the corner of Upper Upper Richmond Road West The small section of the High Street included developments not often consistent with Richmond Road West and Clifford in the Sheen Lane (Mortlake) Conservation one another. Avenue (formerly a car showroom) is in a Area is centred on the war memorial and • Very few buildings are more than three prominent location and forms a gateway former market square, which is now a busy storeys high along the entire length. feature into the area. Opportunities to junction. It also includes two banks (both • Pavements are wide along the entire restore the building and surrounds in Buildings of Townscape Merit) which offer stretch and are sometimes used as spill keeping with the character of the area grand facades. On the southern side of the out space by shops or cafes. should be explored. High Street begins a long red brick classical frontage, built in the 1930s. • •

Upper Richmond Road West

16 Character Area 1: Upper Richmond Road West (East Sheen)

17 Conservation Area 2: Holmesdale Avenue

This section provides a summary of the main characteristics of the Conservation Area. More detailed information can be viewed using the link provided.

Character Summary Dominant Materials and Features This Conservation Area lies within the Key features of note are: gabled or half- suburban area between the centres of hipped roofs; red brick; rough cast render; East Sheen and Richmond. The area was steeply-pitched roofs; plain tiles; projecting designated a Conservation Area in 2003. eaves; brick chimneys; decorative brickwork; brick arches; tile courses; timber casement Holmesdale Avenue is an area of windows; leaded lights; stained glass; exceptional and attractive houses set in porthole windows; and street trees. a secluded cul-de-sac. The houses lie in a straight tree-lined avenue with only modest Threats from development spaces between buildings. The area has ■■ Loss of traditional architectural features small, well planted front gardens behind and materials due to unsympathetic continuous low brick boundary walls. alterations. There are fifteen pairs of semi-detached ■■ Lack of coordination and poor quality of houses and two detached houses at the street furniture and paving. south end, designed in a consistent and distinctive Arts and Crafts style. These two- Opportunities storey houses display an alternating pattern ■■ Preservation, enhancement and of either gabled or half-hipped roofs and reinstatement of architectural quality and alternating use of red brick or roughcast unity. render to front walls. The steep plain tiled ■■ Coordination of colour and design Holmesdale Avenue roofs with projecting eaves and brick and improvement in quality of street chimneys unify them. There are enclosed furniture and paving. porches and bays to each house set at a 45 ■ Investing in pavements and public realm degree angle to the frontage. ■ as required. The area is remarkably unspoilt with many Conservation Area Statement: http://www. original architectural features such as richmond.gov.uk/home/services/planning/ decorative brickwork including panels of conservation_areas/conservation_area_ herringbone, brick arches and tile courses, statements.htm timber casement windows including some leaded lights and stained glass and distinctive porthole windows. Holmesdale Avenue Holmesdale Avenue

18 Conservation Area 2: Holmesdale Avenue

19 Character Area 3: St Leonards Road / Ormonde Road and surrounds

Character Summary brick dwarf walls. This character area covers development St. Leonards Court between the railway line and Upper Richmond Road West, to the west of Sheen St. Leonards Court is a small interwar Lane. Aside from a few terraces on St. housing estate of good quality. An unusual Leonards Road and Elm Road (together feature of this sub-area is the Grade-II with the cul-de-sacs of Beechcroft Road listed air raid shelter, built 1934-38 for and Earl Road) which were built in the the residents of St. Leonards Court, of late nineteenth century, the network of which there was space for roughly half the residential streets display varying Edwardian residents at the time. architectural details. The exception to this Dominant Materials and Features rule is Carlton Road, Connaught Avenue Features of note are: Red brick, clay tiles, and some houses on Ormonde Road, street trees, hedges, grassed areas. which are more restrained and probably of c.1900, with sash windows, red and yellow Threats from development brick being dominant, although ornamental ■■ Replacement uPVC windows and the porches are also prominent. paving of front gardens should be Elsewhere eclectic Arts and Crafts detailing discouraged where possible to prevent such as roughcast render and applied further loss of character. timbering are the norm, some also have ■■ Roof coverings are currently consistent particularly low eaves and steeply pitched to a degree and there are a limited roofs. A distinct group of five properties on number of skylights, but these should be Leinster Avenue have shaped gable semi- monitored. circular porches which incorporate the ■■ The air raid shelter is on the Heritage at front door. Inconsistencies in painted brick Risk Register. or render and some paved front plots mean St Leonards Road it is not a coherent group. Opportunities Main Characteristics: ■■ Higher quality and improvements to the conditions of pavements are desirable, Pleasant, leafy residential streets with especially where green verges have been little traffic displaying varying Edwardian filled in with tarmac and at intersections architectural details. where poured concrete has been used. Dominant Materials and Features ■■ The area contains Mortlake station Key features include: Patterned tiles, brick passage which contains a Victorian wall arches, clipped gables, steeply pitched roofs of quality and character. Opportunities with projecting eaves, welsh slate, clay tiles, should be sought to protect this. rough cast, applied timbering, street trees, St Leonards Court Leinster Avenue

20 Character Area 3: St Leonards Road / Ormonde Road and surrounds

21 Conservation Area 4: Model Cottages

This section provides a summary of the main characteristics of the Conservation Area. More detailed information can be viewed using the link provided.

Character Summary significantly. There are no dormer windows ■■ Loss of traditional architectural features. The Conservation Area runs north and and the rooflines are intact. The cottages ■■ Loss of front boundaries. are subject to Article 4 direction. south from St Leonards Road and includes ■■ Lack of coordination, clutter and poor Model Cottages, some houses on St Dominant Materials and Features quality of street furniture and paving. Leonards Road and its northern extension Semi-detached two-storey houses, varied Little St Leonards Road. It is set to the Opportunities coloured brickwork, hipped roofs, welsh north of the Upper Richmond Road West. ■ Improvement and protection of slate, timber sash windows, large chimney ■ The Conservation Area designation was landscape setting. Model Cottages stacks, layout, path access, long gardens, and made in 1982. mature planting. ■■ Preservation, enhancement and Model Cottages reinstatement of architectural quality and St Leonards Road unity. Model Cottages is an attractive backwater The houses of St Leonards Road are brick of quaint mid nineteenth century two- ■■ Retain and enhance front boundary or render, of two- to three-storeys with storey villas set back from informal, almost treatments and discourage increase in low hipped slate roofs; some windows have rural paths, with large well-tended front the amount of hard surfacing in front brick arches and there is some rendered gardens. gardens. detail window architraves and porches. The ■■ Coordination of colour and design, The character of this group derives long gardens to the rear of the properties in rationalisation and improvement in partly from the layout, the path access St Leonards Road are an important element quality of street furniture and paving. and long gardens, and partly from the of the street. ■■ The remaining Victorian wall of Hampton distinctive design of the houses. The access St Leonards Road is dominated by front gardens, and its Dominant Materials and Features Square, which was a concentration of seclusion, narrowness and lack of kerbs give Two- to three-storey houses, yellow brick, mid-nineteenth century ‘two-up, two- it the feeling of a pedestrian route, although render, low hipped slate roofs, brick arches, down’ terraced houses located on the cars have access to the front gardens from porches, window architraves, timber sash plot of ground now occupied by the the southern end. The planting is mature, windows with margin lights and long Sheen Lane Centre, should be protected plentiful and varied. There are no rear gardens. in the future. gardens. Threats from development Conservation Area Statement: http://www. richmond.gov.uk/home/services/planning/ Many of the cottages have been extended ■ Development pressure which may harm ■ conservation_areas/conservation_area_ to infill the front of the side wing, but the balance of the landscape dominated statements.htm because of the generous spacing between setting. them, the overall character has not suffered

Model Cottages

22 Conservation Area 4: Model Cottages

23 Conservation Area 5: Sheen Lane (Mortlake)

This section provides a summary of the main characteristics of the Conservation Area. More detailed information can be viewed using the link provided.

Character Summary plots provides a unified coherence to this Opportunities Sheen Lane Conservation Area is located area. There is a diversity of building facades ■■ Preservation, enhancement and between Mortlake Station to the north and roofscapes, with many traditional shop reinstatement of architectural quality and and Milestone Green to the south. The fronts of importance. unity. Conservation Area adjoins Mortlake Green The skyline of the buildings along the lane is ■■ Coordination of colour and design and Conservation Area to the north and Model enlivened by a rich mixture of features such improvement in quality of street furniture Cottages to the west. as the unusual stepped gables of no 131-135 and paving. Sheen Lane is an ancient route that connects and corner towers of no. 63 and no. 40. ■■ Improvement of highways conditions and Sheen Lane Shop Parade Mortlake village on the riverside and the Dominant Materials and Features pedestrian convenience. market town of Kingston, beyond Richmond ■■ Opportunities to improve the Milestone Park. The majority of the buildings that line Mix of late nineteenth-century shops and cottages, two and three storey buildings, Green area possibly as a focal point to the road date from the mid-nineteenth the area century onwards, associated with the narrow plots, diversity of building facades opening of Mortlake Station in 1846. St and roofscapes, timber sash windows, ■■ Retain and improve the quality of Leonards Road was the first of the new mansards, dormers, oriel windows, red and shopfronts and advertisement. roads to be laid out after this date. yellow brick, gables, welsh slate, pantiles and Conservation Area Statement: http://www. shop fronts. Sheen Lane Conservation Area is a busy richmond.gov.uk/home/services/planning/ mixed commercial and residential area Threats from development conservation_areas/conservation_area_ statements.htm serving Mortlake and East Sheen. Sheen Lane ■■ Loss of traditional architectural features links Mortlake Green and Milestone Green, and materials due to unsympathetic Sheen Lane guiding a sequence of views north and south alterations. along the gently winding lane and forming a ■■ Lack of coordination and poor quality of gateway between these two areas. Mortlake street furniture and paving. Station forms the focal point at the north end of the lane, providing both a gateway ■■ Domination of traffic and poor and a centre of activity for this area. pedestrian safety leading to clutter of signage and street furniture. Sheen Lane is enclosed by a mix of mid-late ■■ Loss of original or quality shop fronts. nineteenth century shops and cottages. The building line to Sheen Lane and the two- and three-storey scale of buildings on narrow

Sheen Lane

24 Conservation Area 5: Sheen Lane (Mortlake)

25 Character Area 6: Church Avenue / Vernon Road

Character Summary coherence, although some are painted. ■■ Roof coverings are currently consistent to This character area incorporates a small These unusual terraces are articulated by a degree and there are a limited number network of residential streets between the a projecting bay with half-timbered gable of skylights, but this is something that railway and Upper Richmond Road West. on every third house, which interrupts the should be monitored. continuous balcony at second-storey level. The irregular street pattern is due to Church Opportunities Avenue, which runs diagonally through the The impressive former Congregational ■ South Worple Way has room for middle of the area. This is a fragment of the ■ Church on Vernon Road, a Building of improvement as a poor terminus to the ancient Church Path, which connected the Townscape Merit, might be considered a focal streets that lead onto it, with potential Mortlake and East Sheen villages before it was point for the character area. The church was enhancement to the concrete panel interrupted by the Railway in 1846. Vernon built in 1902 to the designs of F C Howgate, railway fence and/or low quality garages Road crosses Church Avenue in the centre of and is noted for its Doulton terracotta work dominating the view. the area but these are both large streets in and plaques – one can be seen on the corner comparison with others in the vicinity. They of Vernon Road and Sheen Lane. Howgate ■■ The remaining Victorian walls of Sheen Former Congressional Church, Vernon Road end in cul-de-sacs making the character area also reportedly designed the houses on Elms, behind Nelson Terrace, Church Path quiet and enclosed with only a few roads the adjacent Howgate Road and Oaklands leading to Church Avenue from Upper filtering onto Sheen Lane or Upper Richmond Road, although these are unexceptional and Richmond Road West and the rear wall of Road West. share many similarities with other Edwardian 29 Thornton Road on Church Avenue are houses in the wider area. The Church has of significance and consideration should The whole area was not developed until the be given to their future protection. early twentieth century, prior to which it was recently opened as a school serving the occupied by a handful of since-demolished Mortlake and East Sheen areas. large houses and their land. Aside from a few Dominant Materials and Features Victorian houses that border Sheen Lane and Key features of the area include: Red brick, some post-war infill, the wide leafy streets render, applied timbering, leaded windows, are all Edwardian compositions. Red brick, timber porches, balconies, clay-tiled roofs, clay Church Avenue roughcast render and clay tiles are common chimneypots, brick gate piers with dwarf walls features, although many houses have been incorporating railings, planted front gardens painted. There is a wide variety of Arts and and street trees. Crafts inspired architectural detailing, such as applied timbering, gables with stencil designs Threats from development and sometimes steeply-pitched roofs, such ■■ There are a large number of replacement as those found on Glendower Road. This uPVC windows on Portman Avenue group in particular shows good consistency and some front gardens are paved over; in character and front garden boundaries. such changes should be discouraged Likewise, two distinct terraces on the west where possible to prevent further loss of side of Thornton Road and Church Avenue character. (on the southern portion) also show good Church Avenue

26 Character Area 6: Church Avenue / Vernon Road

27 Conservation Area 7: Queens Road

This section provides a summary of the main characteristics of the Conservation Area. More detailed information can be viewed using the link provided.

Character Summary Lodge Avenue Opportunities The Conservation Area lies immediately Lodge Avenue in the cemetery has more ■■ Improvement and protection of south of the railway line and to the west decorated features than the surrounding landscaping setting. of Mortlake Cemetery. The Conservation streets. This together with its single sided ■■ Preservation, enhancement and Area was designated in 1982 and extended layout opposite the cemetery’s eastern reinstatement of architectural quality and in 1998. Half of the Conservation Area is boundary and pedestrian-only access gives unity. occupied by a nineteenth century Cemetery. an unusual character. Painted iron railings ■ Retention and enhancement of front The cemetery is bounded to the west by form the boundary to Old Mortlake ■ boundary treatments. the tight pattern of two-storey terraced Cemetery which is a six acre square plot of Queens Road cottages, some of which face on to the ground founded in 1854. ■■ Coordination of colour and design, narrow pedestrian alleyways. rationalisation and improvement in Dominant Materials and Features quality of street furniture and paving. The character of the area is determined Key features of the area are: Yellow and Conservation Area Statement: http://www. by its long streets of terraced cottages, painted brick, string courses, timber sash richmond.gov.uk/home/services/planning/ contrasted with the secluded greenery of windows, bow windows, fanlights, welsh conservation_areas/conservation_area_ the cemetery with Lodge Avenue as its slate, flat arches and shops with original statements.htm western boundary. features, historic street pattern, pedestrian Queens Road alleyways, narrow streets and the cemetery. Queens Road’s original architectural Threats from development character was of simple slate roofed houses ■■ Development pressure which may harm Mortlake Cemetery with brick detailing. Some cottages have the balance of the landscape dominated sash windows with red brick flat arches setting, and obstruct or spoil views, and doors with red brick round arches; skylines and landmarks. pairs of houses share a chimney stack. Many houses have had features added and the ■■ Loss of traditional architectural features proportions and glazing pattern of many and materials due to unsympathetic windows has changed which has affected alterations. the area’s consistency and detracted from ■■ Loss of front boundary treatments and its simple character. front gardens for car parking. ■■ Lack of coordination, clutter and poor quality of street furniture and paving.

Queens Road

28 Conservation Area 7: Queens Road

29 Character Area 8: Grosvenor Avenue / West of Alexandra Road

Character Summary to the latter, but with the addition of Arts Threats and Opportunities This area primarily comprises parallel and Crafts detailing such as gables, applied ■■ There are a large number of replacement residential streets around the older timbering and roughcast render. They are uPVC windows on Alexandra Road and cemetery and Queens Road development. also of red rather than yellow brick, and are some front gardens are paved over on It lies between the railway to the north and therefore probably slightly later in date. The most streets; this should be discouraged Upper Richmond Road West to the south boundary walls of the cottages show good where possible to prevent further loss of with little through traffic on the quiet, leafy consistency on each of the streets, but it is character. streets. more varied elsewhere. Many front gardens have also been paved over. On the whole, ■■ Roof coverings are currently consistent Most of the area was developed in the the streets in this area are coherent in scale to a degree and there are a limited early twentieth century, although there are and architectural detailing, although in some number of skylights, but these should be also pockets of late nineteenth-century cases inter and post war infill detracts from monitored. buildings. These are found most notably this. ■■ Dominance of street signage Fitzgerald Avenue on Fitzgerald Avenue where there are ten exceptional semi-detached houses with Within this area lies the former Barnes Opportunities coloured brickwork along with roughcast Isolation Hospital which opened in 1889. ■■ South Worple Way has room for and applied timbering in some cases. Also on The wards were originally built for fever improvement as a terminus to the this road is the highly unusual and unlisted patients and so were broad and light, with streets that lead onto it, with potential ‘Folly House’ which appears to have been open space around them. The doorways enhancement to the concrete panel constructed in part from older fabric, with were fitted with ramps so that patients railway fence, planters and/or low quality a date stone of 1696. It was, however, most could be wheeled outdoors in good weather. garages dominating the view. likely conceptualised at a similar time as In 2001 the existing buildings of the Hospital the neighbouring houses, all of which are were extensively renovated and a new Buildings of Townscape Merit. extension added to provide community and mental health services. The original buildings The small terraced cottages of Alexandra which date from the late nineteenth and Kings Road Road, Lewin Road, and King’s Road are early twentieth century are all Buildings of similar in scale and character, with some Townscape Merit. small stylistic differences and are probably of c.1900. All are built in yellow brick and often Dominant Materials and Features display coloured brickwork. Likewise, the Key features of the area include: Red and terraced houses of Buxton Road share the yellow brick, render, applied timbering, bay same similarities, but are larger and have bay windows, clay-tiled roofs, clay chimneys, brick windows. gate piers with dwarf walls incorporating railings, planted front gardens and street Interestingly, most other houses in the area trees. are of broadly the same scale and design

Barnes Hospital

30 Character Area 8:Grosvenor Avenue / West of Alexandra Road

31 Character Area 9: Palewell Park and surrounds

Character Summary Dominant Materials and Features This character area comprises a network Key features include: Red brick, render, of gently winding residential streets applied timbering, leaded windows, timber and includes All Saints Church and the porches, clay tiled roofs, clay chimneypots, Richmond Park Academy. The land was sold brick gate piers with dwarf walls by the Gilpin family in 1896, following which incorporating railings, planted front gardens Palewell Park was developed with semi- and street trees. Green verges survive in detached houses, setting the tone for the Palewell Park. development of the surrounding area into the 1930s. Trees line the roads and a few Threats from development may pre-date the development of the area. ■■ The character of the public realm has The curve of Palewell Park follows a historic been damaged through alterations to field boundary, which also dictated the pavements, particularly the filling in of line of the adjacent Richmond Park Road. green verges with tarmac and the use of The Edwardian houses in this northern poured concrete at intersections. part of the area are generally bow-fronted Opportunities with gables, establishing a rhythm that is made picturesque by curving and slightly ■■ Palewell Park has high quality pavements hilly streets. Their eclectic architectural which could serve as the ‘model’ in treatment includes brick or rendered walls making improvements to other streets in incorporating decorative features such as the area. applied timbering and openwork timber porches.

Houses on the straighter streets to the Vicarage Road south of Vicarage Road and east of Gilpin Avenue date predominantly from the interwar period and are less eclectic in appearance, but still employ gabled or bowed fronts. All Saints Church and the school buildings now occupied by Richmond Park Academy are contemporary with the early twentieth century development of the area and are built of red brick, adding to the consistency of character. A feature largely hidden from view is the area of allotments accessed off Palewell Park. Palewell Park Clare Lawn Avenue

32 Character Area 9: Palewell Park and surrounds

33 Conservation Area 10: East Sheen Avenue

This section provides a summary of the main characteristics of the Conservation Area. More detailed information can be viewed using the link provided.

Character Summary windows, dormers, hung tiles, porches, The Conservation Area lies within the balconies, ornate brackets and cornices, a wider suburban area of East Sheen, wide street, mature street trees and large stretched along East Sheen Avenue between plots. the Upper Richmond Road West to the Threats from development north and Vicarage Road to the south. The ■ Loss of traditional architectural features Conservation Area was designated in 1988. ■ and materials due to unsympathetic East Sheen Avenue was developed as a alterations. distinctive part of the suburban expansion of East Sheen from the late nineteenth ■■ Loss of front boundary treatments and century into the Edwardian period. front gardens for car parking. ■ Lack of coordination and poor quality of The area is made up of large semi-detached ■ street furniture. houses lining a wide avenue of mature trees on the gentle slope between the busy Opportunities Upper Richmond Road West and Vicarage ■■ Preservation, enhancement and Road. It retains unusual gravel verges from reinstatement of architectural quality and Park Avenue northwards. The houses are set unity. in large garden plots with spaces between buildings and well planted front gardens ■■ Retention and enhancement of defined by boundary walls, fences and front boundary treatments and hedges to the road, all contributing to the discouragement of further hard surfacing East Sheen Avenue pleasant suburban character of the area. The of front gardens. houses are all similar in type, two storeys ■■ Coordination of colour and design in scale with steeply pitched plain tile roofs and improvements in quality of street and chimneys. furniture and pavements. Dominant Materials and Features Conservation Area Statement: http://www. Dominant features of the Conservation richmond.gov.uk/home/services/planning/ Area includes: Large semi-detached houses conservation_areas/conservation_area_ of two storeys, projecting gables, applied statements.htm timbering, buttressing, roughcast render, plain tiles, steeply pitched roofs, bow East Sheen Avenue East Sheen Avenue

34 Conservation Area 10: East Sheen Avenue

35 Conservation Area 11: Sheen Lane (East Sheen)

This section provides a summary of the main characteristics of the Conservation Area. More detailed information can be viewed using the link provided.

Character Summary The area is well landscaped with mature Sheen Lane (East Sheen) Conservation trees in front and back gardens making a Area lies to the north of East Sheen Gate positive contribution to the townscape. of Richmond Park and adjoins the northern Front gardens contain an enormous variety boundary of the Christchurch Road of trees, shrubs and hedges. Conservation Area (13). Dominant Materials and Features The area mainly consists of detached and Semi-detached two storey houses, gables, semi-detached residential properties dating applied timbering, ornate brackets, red and from 1900- 1935 and is characterised by brown brick, hung tiles, plain tiles, bow distinct groups of similar properties. The windows, mature street trees, planted front earliest properties are of an individual gardens. design but from about 1910 they are more uniform, predominantly terraced and semi- Threats from development detached properties. The main materials are ■■ Development pressure which may harm red and brown brick, white painted render the balance of the landscape dominated and the use of red plain tiles for roofs and setting. tile hanging. Many corner buildings are ■■ Loss of traditional architectural features. individually designed, either using turrets in ■■ Paved front gardens and the replacement the Edwardian era or open angled corners of original windows with uPVC. of the 1920’s. Red brick chimney stacks provide punctuating features in the rows of Opportunities Sheen Lane semi-detached houses. ■■ Improvement and protection of The lane is not straight, but weaves landscape setting. gently, with two narrow points at the ■■ Preservation, enhancement and Coach House and the Red House. The reinstatement of architectural quality and cohesiveness of the area is provided unity. by the linear feel of buildings of similar height, punctuated by key focal buildings of Conservation Area Statement: http://www. different styles and heights all fronting the richmond.gov.uk/home/services/planning/ ancient highway of Sheen Lane. conservation_areas/conservation_area_ statements.htm

Sheen Lane (south) Richmond Park Road / Sheen Lane

36 Conservation Area 11: Sheen Lane (East Sheen)

37 Character Area 12: Temple Sheen Road / Palmerston Road / York Avenue

Character Summary and the plot follows the northern perimeter This area incorporates a network of of the school grounds. The terraced residential streets below Upper Richmond houses are built in red brick with gables Road West and winds around the boundaries and have distinct, patterned, hung tiles and of the existing Christchurch and Sheen Lane barge boards. Uniformity is strong despite Conservation Areas. These are wide, leafy occasional interwar infill, which is broadly streets without much through traffic. in keeping with their character, and sets the tone and consistency for the following The streets north of Temple Sheen Road, developments in the surrounding area. excluding Coval Gardens, are of the Edwardian period. Coval Lodge was not York Avenue/ Westhay Gardens demolished until the interwar period, South of Temple Sheen Road are allowing the cul-de-sac to be developed predominantly interwar developments, on the same plot. This accounts for the including the two cul-de-sacs below abrupt end to the earlier Deanhill Road Christchurch Road, York Avenue and the which terminates with what appears to Wayside. These are generally good quality be the old Victorian garden wall. The large interwar semi-detached and detached semi-detached houses have Arts and Crafts houses, which in some instances also display detailing, characteristic of the neighbouring Arts and Crafts-style features. Observatory streets with hung tiles and gables. The Road shows good architectural coherence Edwardian terraces of Deanhill Road, Coval with distinct bow fronted houses and twin Road and Medcroft Gardens display a greater porches. Front boundary walls are also array of such architectural features. consistent. Palmerston Road Westhay Gardens is a small close of The earliest development in this character 1930s good quality houses with some Palmerston Road area is Palmerston Road of c.1900, when the inconsistencies in frontage features. This Temple Grove estate was broken up. Temple character area also contains the East Sheen Grove was the seventeenth century manor Baptist Church on Temple Sheen Road, a house of East Sheen, owned by the Temple red brick structure with tall windows in family, later Viscounts Palmerston, until 1805. projecting bays that rise above the eaves, Their descendants include Lord Palmerston, topped with triangular gables. On Temple who was twice Prime Minister in the mid- Sheen Road is a small late nineteenth century nineteenth century. Temple Grove survived as coach house, formerly serving Temple Sheen a boys preparatory school until c.1900 when Villas, and is a Building of Townscape Merit. it was demolished. Palmerston Road was one of the first housing developments in the area West Temple Sheen Wayside

38 Character Area 12: Temple Sheen Road / Palmerston Road / York Avenue

39 Dominant Materials and Features ■■ There are several Victorian walls within Key features include: Brick, roughcast this character area that should be render, hung tiles, brick arches, gables, retained: applied timbering, ornamental porches, clay- - Coval Lodge/ Deanhill House tiled roofs, clay chimneys, steeply pitched - 1a Christchurch Road roofs, brick gate piers with dwarf walls - Merricks Court – the dividing wall incorporating railings, planted front gardens between 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 Temple and street trees. Sheen Villas Threats from development - Temple Sheen Road corner of Temple Sheen ■■ On most streets there are some uPVC windows and front gardens paved over; - West Temple Sheen – wall opposite The this should be discouraged where Victoria public house – Westhay possible in the future to prevent further - West Temple Sheen – wall of Sheen loss of character. Mount School – Sheen Mount ■■ Roof coverings are currently consistent - Sheen Lane/ Vicarage Road wall to the to a degree and there are not too many Red House – Sheen House skylights, but these should be monitored. Opportunities ■■ Opportunities for acknowledging the distinct architectural detailing and strong coherence reinforced by a high survival rate of original features (windows, doors, front boundary walls and mosaic pathways), of the Edwardian Terraces of Palmerston Road should be explored. ■■ A significant proportion of Hood Avenue is included in the Sheen Lane Conservation Area. The potential of extending the designation to include the whole road to ensure future development is sympathetic should be explored.

40 41 Conservation Area 13: Christchurch Road

This section provides a summary of the main characteristics of the Conservation Area. More detailed information can be viewed using the link provided.

Character Summary trees and well defined boundaries to the Christchurch Road Conservation Area lies street. Christ Church is a key landmark with within East Sheen, between Richmond to the its prominent square tower rising above the west and Mortlake centres to the north. The smaller scale surrounding houses. area is contained by Richmond Park to the Dominant Materials and Features south and later suburban development to the Key features of the Conservation Area north. It adjoins Sheen Common Drive to the include: Terraces, red and yellow brick, hipped west and Sheen Lane to the east. The area was roofs, plain tiles, gables, porches, timber sash first designated in 1969 and later extended in windows, front gardens with low paling fences, 1982. mature trees and the Church. Christchurch Road Fife Road Christchurch Road forms the historic Fife Road contains a number of Victoria, centre of the area. The oldest building is The Edwardian and later houses, all individually Plough which contains traces of a fifteenth designed. They are predominately detached century wall. Its frontage however dates houses of two – or two and a half storeys, back to the eighteenth century as do many set with large gardens. Boundary treatments of the surrounding terraces at the eastern include tall fences or brick walls with mature gateway to the Conservation Area. The trees and shrubs which gives it a leafy historic cottages are of a varied character suburban character. Christchurch Road predominately two-storeys in brick and set behind small enclosed front gardens. Dominant Materials and Features Along Christchurch Road there is a small but Dominant features are as follows: Large important development to the south of five detached houses, two- to two- and a half- large villas of mixed stock brick, ornate details storeys, large plots, defined fences, hedges and and substantial brick boundary walls. They are walls, applied timbering, steeply-pitched roofs, screened to some extent from the road by hipped roofs, gables, applied timbering, timber mature trees. cornices, sash windows, leaded windows. To the west the architectural character changes with fine large two- to two- and a half-storeys, individually designed, Victorian brick houses set in large gardens with mature The Mall Fife Road

42 Conservation Area 13: Christchurch Road

43 Conservation Area 13: Christchurch Road (continued)

Martindale and Spencer Gardens Dominant Material and Features Martindale and Spencer Gardens is made Features of note include: Two-storey houses, up of unspoilt Edwardian terraced houses red brick, hipped roofs, pantiles, shutters, of brick and tile with either gable ends or timber sash windows, fan lights, and white parapet features. The small front gardens have wash. many different forms of boundaries all of Threats from development which are well planted. The following Victorian walls should be noted for their importance ■■ Loss of architectural features and materials and retention: due to unsympathetic alterations. - Christchurch Road between Martindale and ■■ Loss of front boundary treatments and Spencer Gardens - Spencer House front gardens for car parking. - Well Lane – south side - The Planes/ Spencer ■■ Poor quality street furniture. House Opportunities - Well Lane – north side - Temple Grove ■■ Preservation and enhancement of Dominant Material and Features architectural features. Edwardian Terraced Houses, red and painted ■■ Retention and enhancement of front brick, clay tiles, gables, applied timbering, bay boundary treatments. windows, timber sash windows, ornamental ■■ Coordination of colour and design. porches and street trees. ■■ Identification of areas in need of The Mall environmental improvement. The Mall is an attractive secluded cul-de-sac Conservation Area Statement: http://www. containing Neo-Georgian detached and semi- richmond.gov.uk/home/services/planning/ detached houses built in 1924 by Robert conservation_areas/conservation_area_ Atkinson in the grounds of Percy Lodge. Infill statements.htm development has continued to the present day and is respectful in scale and character of the existing buildings. The properties are the subject of a Article 4 direction.

44 45 Character Area 14: Monroe Drive and surrounds

Character Summary Threats from development This area includes a small isolated pocket ■■ The character area is bound by two of development between Christchurch Conservation Areas and by parkland Conservation Area and Sheen Common which means that any new development Drive Conservation Area, and Sheen could potentially have a material effect Common to the south. The park includes on these sensitive neighbouring areas. playing fields including a cricket square and bowling green. The built environment in this character area concerns a small portion of West Temple Sheen and Christchurch Road along with Monroe Drive and Uplands Close which are both cul-de-sacs. Aside from a large Victorian House on Monroe Drive, development is primarily post-war. Houses are small to medium detached properties of two-storeys and as they are set back from the road, often partly hidden from view - and therefore the lack of architectural coherence is not so apparent. Large plots, numerous trees and the large expanse of open land to the south ensure that this area feels quiet and uncrowded. Dominant Materials and Features Monroe Drive Key features of the area include: Two- to three-storey detached houses, brick, clay tiles, brick dwarf walls, trees, large plots, front gardens.

West Temple Sheen West Temple Sheen

46 Character Area 14: Monroe Drive and surrounds

47 Conservation Area 15: Sheen Common Drive

This section provides a summary of the main characteristics of the Conservation Area. More detailed information can be viewed using the link provided below.

Character Summary Threats from development The Conservation Area lies between Upper ■■ Development pressure which may harm Richmond Road West and Sheen Common. the balance of the landscape setting. It adjoins Christchurch Road Conservation Area to the East. The Conservation Area ■■ Loss of traditional architectural features was designated in 2004 and extended in and material due to unsympathetic 2005. The core of Sheen Common Drive is alterations. formed by an estate of detached two-storey Opportunities houses built on open land in the period ■■ The improvement and protection of the 1925-1932. The triangular shaped area rises landscape setting. from Upper Richmond Road West in the north to the end of Christchurch Road in ■■ Preservation, enhancement and the south. One side of the triangle is formed reinstatement of architectural quality and by the backs of houses in Upper Richmond unity. Road West, another side by the rears of Conservation Area Statement: http://www. Stanley Road properties and the properties richmond.gov.uk/home/services/planning/ in Christchurch Road. conservation_areas/conservation_area_ The architectural style and materials statements.htm distinguishes the area, as does the existence of well-maintained landscaped verges between the footways and Berwyn Road Christchurch Road and Sheen Common. Dominant Materials and Features Key features of the Conservation Area are: Detached and semi-detached two-storey houses, red plain tiles, red and brown bricks, pebbledash, hung tiles, casement windows, half-timbered first floors, gables, applied timbering, street trees and wide pavements.

Christchurch Road Sheen Common Drive

48 Conservation Area 15: Sheen Common Drive

49 Character Area 16: Stanley Road / Derby Road / Coval Lane

Character Summary Other development in this area is largely Dominant Materials and Features This character area concerns developments post-war, on plots where Victorian lodges Brick, uPVC windows, dwarf walls, timber off Upper Richmond Road West, around have sadly been demolished – such as fencing, street trees and street lamps. Derby Road and Temple Sheen Road, a route Derby Lodge. These are respectful in scale conceived to serve several Victorian lodges and character of the surrounding area and Threats from development from the early nineteenth century. Furness are set back from the road by a large front ■■ The further conversion of front gardens Lodge, a Building of Townscape Merit, is the lawn. Likewise, Albany Close is a pleasant into parking spaces and the replacement only one of these lodges which remains, cul-de-sac consisting of three two-storey of windows with uPVC windows would with the rest having being demolished in terraces in a classical style, and set back result in a further loss of character. the post-war period. Much of the area was from the road with front lawns. On Temple Opportunities developed in the late nineteenth century Sheen Road, whilst more varied in style, all along Derby and Stanley Road, the latter properties are of two-storeys. ■■ Opportunities to formally recognise the merits of some of the Victorian cottages being a new road which has a distinct curve Here front plots are mostly paved and Stanley Road in the middle to accommodate the former occupied by cars. Overall, the area has an should be explored. house and garden of Derby Lodge. These are intimate, tight-knit feel due to the small scale predominantly brick, two-storey Victorian of the buildings and quiet streets. cottages with small variations in style and scale which add to their charm. Dominant Materials and Features Key features of the character area are: Waterfield Cottages, designated as Buildings Brick, timber sash windows, bow windows, of Townscape Merit, have distinct ‘stepped’ porches, slate, clay tiles, painted render, brick gables. The result is that the group does gate piers with dwarf walls, railings and lack some coherence compounded by timber fencing and street trees. discrepancies in front garden boundaries, painted brickwork and infill from various Deanhill Court Deanhill Court periods. Nevertheless, there are many good This is a post-war housing estate, surviving properties, notably the larger incorporating large blocks of flats in red semi-detached Victorian house, 29 Stanley brick with a strong unified character. They Road, and the early twentieth century neo- are of good quality and the trees, grassy Georgian former pub, the Derby Arms, both areas and planting offer a buffer from the of which are Buildings of Townscape Merit. road. Within the same boundary is Park Opposite this is the Grade-II listed petrol Sheen, a smaller block of flats of lower filling station, which dates from 1926 and is quality and a later date but also well one of the earliest surviving examples of its maintained. kind.

Grade II listed petrol station, Upper Richmond Road West

50 Character Area 16: Stanley Road / Derby Road / Coval Lane

51 7. Features and Materials

The architectural features and palette Materials Features Victorian: The Victorian period (1837-1901) of materials used in the construction saw an explosion of different styles and Though largely developed in the early Georgian: The term ‘Georgian’ usually and decoration of buildings are a large technological innovation. House building twentieth century, East Sheen has a variety of covers buildings constructed between part of what makes up the character increased at a great rate to deal with the surviving historic buildings that vary in scale, 1714 and 1837, during which time there of an area. They vary depending surge in population. The terraced house age and character. Through the eighteenth were numerous stylistic developments. As a on when and where a building was continued as the most popular and proliferate and nineteenth, even into the early twentieth general rule however houses conform to a constructed. Even for buildings of the form of housing but mansion blocks of flats century, a palette of similar materials Classically-derived idea of proportion which same period, subtle differences in became increasingly common in London predominated in house building. Using the dictated how an elevation should be arranged. construction materials can be what through the nineteenth century. Whilst correct materials (such as stock and red The most important floor, with the grandest distinguish buildings in one part of the Classicism retained a strong foothold through brick, clay tiles, slate and timber) is important rooms was the first floor (the piano nobile) country from another, contributing to Queen Victoria’s reign and the simple, brick for any repairs, alterations or extensions which externally was expressed with the local distinctiveness. terraced house persisted, particularly as to existing buildings but also should be a tallest windows. The height of the windows the most basic form of housing, the Gothic consideration for any new development if it decreases from the first floor to the top of Revival is most commonly associated with is to respect the context and character of the house. In the early eighteenth century this period and was popular as a way of the area. This is also important as traditional the construction of the terrace house as we enlivening houses. Brick was still the basic materials allow a building to ‘breathe’ (allow know it today became widespread through load-bearing material for most buildings air to circulate and the materials to both London. Houses were flat-fronted (rather during this period though decorative use of absorb water when it rains and subsequently than jettied), constructed from brick, with the colours became more popular. Renders and dry out). Using modern, impervious materials main decorative emphasis on the front door ornamentation (the latter usually made from can trap water and cause damp. and windows (see subsection on windows). artificial stone or terracotta) also became Later in the eighteenth and early nineteenth Sourcing materials is very important, and it is more widespread. century render and stucco painted to imitate always advisable to ask for samples that you stone was commonly applied to the exterior Victorian terrace houses are concentrated in can look at on site and compare with the or part of the exterior of houses. With the the northern part of East Sheen, south of the palette of existing materials. In the context innovation of Coade Stone in the second railway line. The Model Cottages are simple of historic buildings it is useful to look at the half of the eighteenth century decorative early Victorian houses. Alexandra Road, King’s directory of specialist professionals on www. elements around doors and windows became Road, Queen’s Road and the small streets buildingconservation.com more common. in between contain good examples of two- storey Victorian terrace cottages, some with A cluster of eighteenth-century houses stucco or stone detailing. Most of these in brick with slate roofs survive on houses have four-pane sash windows, though Christchurch Road, including Percy Lodge. a minority have bow or canted bay windows 28 Sheen Lane is an early-Georgian building, on the ground floor, simple straight eaves and altered during the nineteenth century. lack decorative detail.

52 GEORGIAN VICTORIAN

Coloured brickwork Raised, flat parapet Concealed roof Flush windows Straight eave Tile or slate roof detailing

Four pane timber sash windows

(Nineteenth century replacement) 6 over 6 Fanlight timber sash windows

symmetrical and flat elevation

(Lintels replaces) Formerly Semi-circular brick arch Segmental arch brick lintel Later render and wall soldier arch lintels over door

53 7. Features and Materials (continued)

There are only a few larger Victorian houses The work of Norman Shaw and the Arts Georgian style was also popular for flats, in East Sheen, but some of the three-storey and Crafts movement had a profound effect shops and public buildings, as seen on much buildings on St Leonard’s Road demonstrate on house-design that was to dominate for of the frontage of Upper Richmond Road obviously Classical detailing in cornices decades to come with features of vernacular West in the area. and the pilasters of their door and window architecture becoming much more common. Post war the 1960s and 70s – A radical shift reveals. In contrast, large Victorian villas such The steep gable roofs and timber with away from the traditional styles of the past as on Enmore Gardens, on Martindale and render detailing on semi-detached houses century occurred with Modernism and a those near Christchurch Road tend subtly on Richmond Park Road and St Leonard’s new attitude to architecture and place- to employ Gothic Revival details such as Road near Elm Road are examples of this making. Blocks of flats were seen as the ideal pointed gables, decorative ridge tiles and influence, which, like construction in these solution to increasing density though the tall chimneys. In these areas, there are brick areas, extended into the Interwar period. regular terraced house and low rise blocks boundary walls which may survive from the Interwar housing: The vernacular semi- of flats and maisonettes persisted. Concrete original Victorian plots of large houses, even detached houses that became popular was more widely used and a new stripped- if they no longer obviously correspond to pre-WWI became regularised into the down aesthetic distinguishes this period from house and garden boundaries – such as that standardised designs of the ‘Mock-Tudor all previous. The semi-detached and terrace dividing Coval Gardens from Deanhill Road. semi’. Many of the houses to the south of houses of York Avenue adapt the scale and Edwardian: The Edwardian period was Upper Richmond Road West were built form of the two-storey worker’s cottage a high point in traditional construction in this style. Those along Hertford Avenue with a Modernist aesthetic. and late-Victorian architecture is often show a strong Arts and Crafts influence. The Recent development – Recent development indistinguishable from that of this period. houses of Clare Lawn Avenue and Parkgate less rigorously conforms to a particular style The architecture of this period confidently Gardens softened this style with more or ethos. Higher density developments are mixes features from numerous styles. standardised elements and the addition of more common as the pressure on land is Terrace or semi-detached houses mixing private garages. greater. Within sensitive historic areas there brick, tile, render, timber and slate are found This style predominates but Art Deco was is usually an attempt to refer to its context especially south of Upper Richmond Road often used as an alternative style and though with traditional facing materials and detail. West. Graemesdyke Avenue contains fine less common is often present in the details. brick houses with hybrid sash windows in Also, although often faced with traditional the Edwardian style, with tile and timber materials building technology had changed. dressings and some original leaded door Deanhill Court on Upper Richmond Road lights. Diverse and sometimes elaborate West and St Leonard’s Court are dressed gables were used, those in the terraces on in an Art Deco style with brick cladding Leinster Avenue, for instance, contrasting to reinforced-concrete frames. The Neo- with those on Martindale.

54 EDWARDIAN INTERWAR HOUSING

Hybrid timber sash Dormer window Tiled roof Tiled roof Decorative gable window Projecting eave

Tiled porch canopy Timber casement windows

Casement windows

Plain solider arch lintel

Brick and render facade ‘Mock-tudor’ render and timber

Canted projecting bay

Rendered canted bay Decorative brickwork Narrow timber sash Timber porch struts Leaded side-light windows

55 7. Features and Materials (continued)

Georgian Victorian Edwardian Interwar

56 Post War

57 7. Features and Materials (continued)

Windows Window details: ■■ Timber double-glazing is now a good option with improving technology that Windows are key features in all the buildings ■■ original leaded lights can add character to can achieve very slim window profiles that in East Sheen irrespective of the construction the street and be an important aspect of compare with Victorian and Edwardian period. The location of the windows, their the design of the buildings. If the original single-glazing. proportions, the number of glazing bars, the windows have leaded lights they should be use of coloured glass, or the presence of old replicated; ■■ Install secondary glazing which is very effective in improving thermal and sound glass and the decorative treatment around ■■ stained glass should be retained or insulation. They can often be removed in the windows, all give each building its special incorporated in replacement windows. character. The diversity of window types the summer months when less needed. Double-glazing and thermal efficiency: across the area add to its character and uPVC is often considered as it is seen as a reinforce the distinctiveness of the different Improving the thermal efficiency of historic cheaper option than most timber double- styles. If houses or flats have original windows windows is a common reason for replacing glazed units. However, it is not authentic and they should therefore be restored or, if them with double-glazing. If you are generally cannot achieve the same detailed necessary, replaced like with like. considering replacing your timber windows mouldings or appearance. If you feel that this Timber windows: with uPVC bear in mind that the embodied is your only option you should bear in mind: energy lost by disposing of your windows ■■ the materials, design, proportions and ■■ Historic timber windows are made and replacing them with uPVC, which have a the means of opening (sash/casement) of from more durable timber than modern, limited life-expectancy can be less sustainable the existing windows and try to faithfully softwood timber. Repairing them is than repairing them or installing secondary replicate them; therefore often a more durable as well as glazing. Traditional internal shutters are also sustainable option. a very effective means of improving thermal ■■ the proportions of the glazing bars should ■■ Timber windows were always meant to efficiency so if your property once had replicate those on the original windows; be painted to protect them from the shutters, restoring them can be a sensible ■■ glazing bars should be integral to the elements. Keeping them painted will help option. structure of the window and not applied prevent them from rotting. If maintained, to the outside of the glass and should be There are a number of options to consider if they can last indefinitely. raised rather than flat; the installation of double-glazing is preferred: ■■ top-hung casements are not a good ■■ Have existing windows adapted by substitute for sliding sashes. inserting an additional pane of acoustic glass within the existing frame. This is only really possible with unlisted buildings with deep window profiles.

58 Georgian-style six-over-six sash windows, here featuring ‘horns’ Victorian four-pane sash window Victorian sash window with narrow-grille featuring margin Victorian Classical sash windows with arched upper sash and typical of later sash window styles lights decorative plasterwork column jambs

Victorian Gothic revival trefoil windows in a stone reveal with Edwardian projecting square timber bay windows with Edwardian hybrid sash window in projecting canted bay, with Edwardian hybrid sash windows, set in a timber gently- leaded casements casement opening and leaded transom lights arched apertures in the upper sash projecting canted bay within a three-centred arch reveal with decorative detailing

Edwardian narrow sash in a canted bay and, around the door, Edwardian Arts and Crafts-style leaded casement windows in Interwar neo-Classical metal-framed windows Post-war uPVC windows: with high transom (above) and leaded stained- and textured-glass side light and transom light the timber-frames of a projecting canted bay, under a low eave picture window-form (below) 59 8. Guidance for Development Sites

This section provides guidance on Proposal BA 2 Barnes Hospital, South ■■ Enhancing the biodiversity of the site and Road West, which acts as a high street sites identified for inclusion within the Worple Way, Barnes adjacent cemetery for the village Council’s emerging Site Allocation SA Plan Proposal - Subject to the site ■■ Density, layout and height of buildings to Proposal EM3 Mortlake Station Plan (SA Plan) in relation to the being declared as surplus, future uses to be in keeping with the character of the SA Plan Proposal – Station and potential development character of be a mixed use development to include area interchange improvements. proposals. Guidance here is intended residential, including affordable units and ■■ Minimise and mitigate impact on the to complement the Council’s SA Plan. Mortlake station forms a focal point, social infrastructure. Priorities identified local highway network, and in particular The following sites are considered: gateway and centre of activity for the area, for the social infrastructure component the impacts on junction with White particularly the north end of Sheen Lane. include extra-care housing for older adults Hart Lane and ensure a safe pedestrian Site developments should consider: (including communal facilities) community environment mental health facilities and education ■■ Improvements to the station appearance facilities. Proposal EM5 172-176 Upper whilst retaining important historical Richmond Road West and Telephone features Barnes Hospital is located on the south Exchange to rear, East Sheen ■■ The creation of an attractive station side of South Worple Way and extends to entrance and therefore gateway some 1.3 hectares in area. It is bounded SA Plan Proposal - Redevelopment for into Sheen Lane, with environmental by the railway line to the north, Mortlake mixed uses to include residential, including improvements and enhanced public Cemetery to the West and terraced housing affordable, employment or primary school. realm dating from the late 19th century to the The site is currently a garage accessed ■ Ways to enhance the bus/ rail/ east and south. Site developments should from Upper Richmond Road West and ■ pedestrian interchange consider: a telephone exchange to the rear, both ■■ The protection and enhancement of surrounded by mostly terraced housing. ■■ The policy context for the site which the existing character of the site and Site developments should consider: includes Sheen Lane Conservation Area its positive contribution to the area to the south of the station ■■ The comprehensive development of the and adjacent Queens Road Mortlake two elements of the site Conservation Area ■■ Responding to the architecture of ■ The potential retention and reuse of the ■ the locality, which is predominately Buildings of Townscape Merit (BTMs) Edwardian housing ■■ The retention of the boundary wall to ■■ The heights of adjacent and surrounding South Worple Way housing ■■ The retention and protection of ■■ The importance of creating a positive existing mature trees subject to Tree active frontage along Upper Richmond Preservation Order

60 1. Proposal EM3 Mortlake Station SA Plan Proposal – Station and interchange improvements 2. Proposal BA 2 Barnes Hospital, South Worple Way, Barnes 3. Proposal EM5 172-176 Upper Richmond Road West and Telephone Exchange to rear, East Sheen

61 9. Shop Front Guidance

The Council has an adopted general guide to consideration for how they will affect the Shutters shopfront design (Shopfront Supplementary appearance of the whole parade and street. Security shutters are not a traditional Planning Document (SPD), March 2010). When considering alterations to a shopfront feature of shopfronts and do not, as a rule, This guidance does not replace that SPD but or its replacement consideration should be enhance their character. Roller shutters, provides area-specific information on the given to: when lowered, can create an unattractive design and character of the shopfronts in environment. If considered necessary, East Sheen to inform owners and developers ■■ the appearance of the host building as metal lattice-type shutters on the inside of regarding alterations and replacements. The a whole and the designs of the adjacent the shop window provide the necessary Borough’s shopfront SPD sets out the policy shopfronts where these reflect the security whilst not dramatically changing context for when planning permission and original shopfront character for the area the appearance of the shop front. The other listed building consent is needed for new ■■ uniformity: where a parade historically alternative is traditional timber shutters shopfronts and gives borough-wide guidance. had identical shopfronts, reinstating the that are fitted over the shop window on the Planning permission is invariably needed for same appropriate design and materials outside. replacement shopfronts and advertisement where the replacements are poor quality consent may be needed for new signage. This can help create a more attractive street Village Planning Guidance SPD should be ■■ If there are a couple of identical surviving read in conjunction with the 2010 SPD. historic shopfronts in a parade these East Sheen has a number of historic may well be the original historic design. shopping parades and some surviving Therefore replicating them in place of examples of historic shopfronts. These low-quality modern shopfronts should be should be preserved and, where architectural explored details are missing, they should ideally be Within a parade or building there are often replaced. As a general rule, shopfronts and two or more good different examples of alterations proposed to them should respect shopfronts which should be retained and the character, overall design and materials of sometimes the subtle differences in detail the host building. will enhance the character of the area. Parades were often built with the same However, the basic structure and features shopfronts along their length. Over time of traditional shopfronts (as identified in many get replaced and the uniformity of the Shopfront SPD) are usually present and the parades is undermined. Sometimes the should be conformed to. replacement shopfronts have value for the quality of their design, craftsmanship or historic value and should be retained. Often however, the replacement shopfronts lack aesthetic value and are installed without

62 Typical key features to shop fronts

Transom light/Clerestorey Console bracket Cornice Fascia Console bracket Transom light Fascia Recessed entrance

Stallriser Panelled door Pilaster Tiled stallriser Mullion Tiled Threshold

63 9. Shop Front Guidance (continued)

Upper Richmond Road West Positive Feature(No 203): Tiled stallriser; tiled pilasters; console brackets; transom The Upper Richmond Road West is a busy lights; recessed entrance; tiled threshold; main thoroughfare lined with houses and fanlight parades generally of 2-3 storeys in height. Most buildings date from between the end of South side: An attractive red brick parade at the nineteenth century and the mid-twentieth Nos. 215-305. A number of the shops still century. Many houses have been converted to have projecting shop windows which appears shops on the ground floor but there are also to have been the original pattern, most long runs of purpose-built shopping parades. notably: Nos. 233 and 239 which have their shared tiled threshold; and Nos. 257-287. Good examples of shopfronts that should These should all be retained and restored. be preserved or used as models for Nos. 134-138 Upper Richmond Road West Between the shopfronts are tiled pilasters replacements have been cited and described with terracotta capitals. These are attractive here. and should be restored where lost. The Working east to west: pilasters should not be painted. Where tiled or tessellated thresholds survive they should North side: A short Edwardian parade called be restored and retained. ‘Queens Terrace’ occupying Nos. 130-138. Although each shopfront is different, Nos. On the north side: Hardware store 134-138 are all attractive traditional, timber (Dibranto) in a warehouse set back from shopfronts and should be retained. the road behind a palisade fence. There is an opportunity here to reduce the amount of Positive features (No’s 134-138): signage clutter and flood lights and improve Stallrisers; appropriately-sized fascias; pilasters the boundary treatment. No. 337 Upper Richmond Road West and console brackets; glazing bars North side: ‘Sheen Parade’ at Nos. 184-202 South side: A long continuous parade made dates from c.1930s. It is in two parts, the up from two developments occupying Nos. western three shops look slightly earlier 191-213. Nos. 199-213 have half-timbered and have more detail including large console gables on the first floor and green-glazed brackets at fascia level. These details should tiled pilasters between the shopfronts (these be retained. No. 202 has an attractive timber should be retained). No. 191 is a timber shopfront; the panelled stallriser should be shopfront with traditional features. No. 203 reinstated. is better and more likely to be original as its tiled stallriser matches the pilasters and its South side: Long parade at Nos. 311-339 transom lights relate to the windows on the built as part of two developments c.1920. The first floor. eastern half is half-timbered which changes No. 349 Upper Richmond Road West

64 to a Queen Anne-inspired parade. Both Sheen Lane as it turns off Upper Richmond halves have console brackets which in some Road West has a short parade of c.1920 places have been lost and could do with being shops. Nos. 137 and 139 have interesting replaced. No. 337 has an attractive shopfront shopfronts. No. 137 has a 1930s shopfront with slim, decorative glazing bars and the with chrome glazing bars and a later fascia original console brackets. which appears to be concealing the Deco one. No. 139 is a more traditional shopfront. Positive features (No 337): fascia with cornice; pilasters; decorative transom lights; Positive features (No 137): Sunbeam stallriser. ventilation grills; black granite stallriser; chrome glazing bars; tessellated threshold. North side: Short, attractive parade of shops at Nos. 220-226. No. 222 is a particularly Nos. 363 and 256 were built originally No. 203 Upper Richmond Road West good shopfront. They have granite pilasters as banks c.1930 and frame the junction and console brackets. The pilasters should not of the Upper Richmond Road West with be painted and the console brackets should Sheen Lane. They are fine brick and stone be painted one colour and ideally the same compositions that should be retained. colour along the terrace. No.363 is the start of a very long parade of Positive features (No 222): Appropriately- shops (which continues to No. 409) along the sized fascia; stallriser; arched shop windows; south side of Upper Richmond Road West. pilasters and console brackets. Other than No. 383 half way down which has a chrome shopfront, none of the others have South side: 341 Upper Richmond Road West any particular merit and even No. 383 is much is a purpose-built bank c.1930s with stone altered. The stone fascia that is continuous all dressings which should be preserved. No. 222 Upper Richmond Road West the way along should be used by the shops South side: ‘Broadway Buildings’ is a short for the signage (rather than applying new Deco parade c. 1923 continuous with parades fascias on top) which should take the form of on either side. It would be beneficial to applied letters, ideally of uniform size and font reinstate some of its lost features. No. 349 as at No. 409. appears to have more retained features and On the north side opposite is an attractive could be used for reference to restore the parade of Victorian shops at Nos. 300-308. others. None appear to have their original shopfront Positive features (No 349): Shaped fascia; but Nos. 304-308 have a self-imposed black stone stallriser, tessellated threshold; tiled and white colour scheme and have used the pilasters; Deco console brackets original fascias which gives them a handsome uniformity. 137 Upper Richmond Road Wet

65 9. Shop Front Guidance (continued)

Adjacent, on the same side of the road is There are a number of large commercial sites, another parade of similar date (Nos. 310- set back from the Upper Richmond Road 318) though No. 316 is a later infill. No. 310 West, as a result of their position they rely is a characterful shopfront that should be on signage along the frontage of the property restored and retained. to attract trade. This creates a cluttered, unattractive appearance. South side: ‘Grand Parade’ at No. 459 dating from the c. 1930s has a mixture of Opportunities for improvement along neo-Georgian and Deco detailing above the the Upper Richmond Road West exist ground floor. ‘Pictorials’ at No.8 has a striking by addressing: and very well-preserved Deco shopfront. ■■ Over-sized fascias No. 8 Grand Parade, Upper Richmond Road West South side: Adjacent to the Grand Parade is ■■ Plastic fascias another long parade in a more traditional ■■ Painted pilasters Queen Anne-revival style. The parade has a ■■ Aluminium shopfronts number of surviving tiled pilasters and most of its console brackets. Where they are ■■ Illuminated signage missing they should be reinstated. There are ■■ Excessive signage several good shopfronts that survive along ■■ Plastic box hanging signs this stretch: No. 473 has the original, dentiled cornice surviving on its fascia (reinstatement along the parade should be considered) and a traditional shopfront with recessed doorway which should be preserved. No. 495-497 is also a good timber shopfront. No.350 Upper Richmond Road West North side: Opposite are two identical red brick parades. The butchers at No. 350 retains its tiled stallriser and recessed entrance. This could be used as a model for reinstatements. There are several two-storey parades to the west dating from the first half of the twentieth century, none of their shopfronts are of note. Problems and pressures No. 495-497 Upper Richmond Road West

66 Sheen Lane were built with shops on the ground floor. their original shopfronts which have No. 41 retains its shopfront although the dual entrances to the flats above. These Sheen Lane runs north south from the windows have clearly been replaced (they shopfronts should be retained and used as Thames down to Richmond Park, to the would probably only have had one transom models for the rest of this group. north of the Upper Richmond Road West. rather than two). No. 39 retains its outer Sheen Lane is a shopping street interspersed East side: A late Victorian terrace at Nos. frame with its pilasters and cornice but with houses and flats which date 65 – 77 which has a number of timber an accurate replacement of the shopfront predominantly from the nineteenth century. shopfronts of reasonable quality. Particularly would be a great improvement. Many of the buildings have been converted attractive are No. 71 Sheen Lane which from residential use on the ground floor to East side: Nos. 43 – 55 are part of one relates well with the windows above ground retail. parade of red brick Victorian buildings which floor level and No. 77. originally would have all had Dutch gables (a Working north to south: Positive Features (No 71): Stallriser; No.31 Sheen Lane number have been truncated). A few of the pilasters and capitals; transom lights; timber East side: Mortlake Station Garage is shops have attractive shopfronts. No. 47 has door; fanlight; sidelights set back from the road and presents an attractive pilasters which have been partially opportunity to improve the frontage where infilled with modern brick and joinery East side: Further south is a long, two storey currently the garage parking is continuous which should be removed and its original Victorian development of shops from with the pavement. configuration restored. Next door at No. 49 No.105 to No. 129, split into two parades. is a more traditional timber shopfront which The southern parade has a few good East side: Beyond Mortlake Station is a should be retained. shopfronts, most notable are Nos. 121, 127 modern block of flats with shops at the and 129. ground floor. The building has been designed East side: Next door to the Dutch-gabled with traditional materials and features parade is a two-storey development that Positive Features (No 121): Stallriser; so the shopfront at No. 31 Sheen Lane appear to have been constructed originally recessed entrance; terrazzo threshold; is appropriate and well-designed in this as houses. No. 61 is a fine timber shopfront mullions with decorative spandrels; Nos. 39 and 41 Sheen Lane context. with a recessed central entrance and original appropriately-sized fascia; pilasters and joinery. The fascia is however too large and console brackets; timber panelled door; West side: At the junction of Sheen Lane is an opportunity for improvement. fanlight and Mortlake Station Passage is a single storey shop c.1900 with glazed tiles on its Positive features (No 61): Timber Opportunities for enhancement on lower elevation and attractive pediments panelled stallriser; recessed entrance; Sheen Lane by addressing: Excessive on its door and windows. It is in use as a timber panelled door; decorative letter box; signage; over-sized fascias, painted tiles car dealership. The rest of the site presents transom lights; slender mullions; glazed tiled (mostly on pilasters); aluminium shopfronts. an opportunity for improvement as there is pilaster; console brackets currently excessive signage on the site. West side: At Nos. 28 – 38 is a red brick East side: 39 and 41 Sheen Lane are both parade of shops with oriel windows at very characterful Victorian buildings which first floor. Nos. 32 and 34 appear to have No. 61 Sheen Lane

67 10. Forecourt Parking

The Council has an existing Planning Permission When forecourt parking is unavoidable, Fencing Supplementary Planning Document this SPD seeks to ensure it is provided In some cases alterations to front gardens Picket fencing, both stained wood and (SPD) covering ‘Front Garden and in a sympathetic way. It is generally not fall within the terms of ‘permitted painted white, can be found occasionally on Other Off Street Parking Standards’ considered that additional forecourt parking development’, in which case planning East Sheen streets, often replacing lost brick (adopted September 2006). This would significantly reduce congestion approval is not required and therefore the boundary walls. This is not common in East document provides detailed advice Council has little or no control over the Important features in East Sheen Sheen and generally not in keeping with the on the legal and design issues when creation of forecourt parking. areas character. creating a parking area in your front Many front gardens and frontage features garden and access to it from the You will not normally need planning in East Sheen contribute significantly to Iron railings and gates highway. permission, outside of a Conservation Area the overall character of the area and local Eighteenth and nineteenth century iron if a new or replacement driveway of any street scene both within and outside of the The East Sheen Village Planning Guidance railings (and gates) are a traditional feature size uses permeable (or porous) surfacing Conservation Areas. These include brick gate SPD draws upon the 2006 SPD, providing found at some of East Sheen’s houses. which allows water to drain through, such as piers, dwarf walls incorporating railings or updated and specific information for East Typically these are embedded into a lower permeable concrete block paving or porous hedges, planted front gardens and a very high Sheen. It is important that the 2006 SPD is boundary wall, enclosing the front garden asphalt, or by directing rainfall to a lawn or number of street trees. read in conjunction with the guidance below. whilst keeping visual obstruction to a border to drain naturally. It is also advised to refer to the Council’s Boundary walls minimum. Examples can be found on Vernon Supplementary Planning Document on If the surface to be covered is more than five Road where there are instances of dwarf Boundary walls are perhaps the most ‘Design Quality’ and ‘Public Space Design square metres planning permission will be walls incorporating railings. Painted iron important and defining feature of a street Guide’. needed for laying traditional, impermeable railings form the boundary to Old Mortlake scene, and their preservation and uniformity driveways. Cemetery which dates from 1854. In East Sheen, as in other areas of Richmond adds considerably to an areas character. They and across London as a whole, increases in It is important to note that in Conservation enclose front gardens and define public and Hedges population and car ownership have resulted Areas, planning permission is required private space. Low walls create this space Hedges enclose front gardens and define in greater demand for car parking spaces. for demolition of boundary walls, fences without reducing visibility. Conforming public and private space. They provide an Where houses are not able to have garages, and railings over 1m in height. Article 4(2) traditional brick types and brickwork along attractive green feature to the streetscape or where there is insufficient on and off Directions can also restrict the removal a street is an important characteristic. therefore it is important for them to be street parking, this can lead to increased of structures such as those that would be Many East Sheen streets retain their retained as frontage features, either on demand for front garden parking. required to allow access for parking (see the original brickwork which dates back to the their own or in combination with walls or 2006 SPD for details). nineteenth century. A good example is the Conversion of front gardens for car parking railings. There are instances of hedges in small terraced cottages of Alexandra Road, can adversely impact on the appearance The Council’s Development Management East Sheen in many cases where a hedge has showing some good consistency in low brick of an area and detract from its overall Plan (Policy DM TP 9) generally discourages been added above a dwarf wall to provide boundary walls, or Palmerston Road, with character if undertaken without careful front garden parking because of the impact further screening – there are many examples consistent white painted elements. consideration. The Council is keen that on the appearance of the street and loss of of this on Church Avenue as shown below. where front garden parking is necessary, it is vegetation and biodiversity. Maintained and conforming hedges create an done in the best possible way. attractive street scene.

68 Guidance on front garden parking can be established with the agreement of the Water Authority. The following key considerations should be made where residents do feel an imperative Green features to replace front gardens with car parking: Loss of existing green space may be Retention of existing features inevitable however retaining and / or replacing some planting in as generous a The general aim of any design for car parking manner as possible helps to maintain the in front gardens should be to retain as much area character, screen vehicles and create of the existing features as is practical – such a more pleasant natural environment by as existing walls, railings or hedging. Where absorbing local exhaust fumes. This is a an opening has to be made in an existing particular feature in East Sheen given the wall, railing or fence, it should be made good very leafy nature of the area. at both ends to match existing materials and details. Enclosure

Retaining a form of enclosure of front White capped walls and pillars - Palmerston Road Hedgerow - Church Avenue gardens and forecourts is an essential part of retaining local character and maintaining the street scene. Partial loss of existing structures is inevitable to allow vehicle access but some structure should be retained. Inward opening gates help to complete a defensible line. Permeability The base and finished surface should be laid at a slight gradient and be of a permeable material, to allow the satisfactory drainage and absorption of rainwater. Water should drain from the property onto the footway. A length of drain or soak-away may be required at the site boundary to prevent this or a connection to a surface water sewer Boundary wall - Alexandra Road Iron railings - Vernon Road

69 Appendix 1: Relevant Policies and Guidance

LBRuT LDF Core Strategy (April layout, form, scale, materials, natural compatible with local context, while Other relevant policies: 2009) surveillance and orientation, and respecting the quality, character and CP10: Open Land and Parks sustainable construction. amenity of established neighbourhoods Main policies that the SPD will support: and environmental and ecological The open environment will be protected and CP8: Town and Local Centres CP7: Maintaining and Improving the Local policies. The London Plan consolidated enhanced. In particular: Environment 8.A The Borough’s town and local centres with Alterations since 2004 Density 10.A The Borough’s green belt, metropolitan have an important role, providing shops, Matrix and other policies will be taken 7.A Existing buildings and areas in the open land and other open land of services, employment opportunities, into account to assess the density of Borough of recognised high quality townscape importance, World Heritage housing and being a focus for proposals. and historic interest will be protected Site (Royal Botanic Gardens,Kew), community life. from inappropriate development and CP20 Visitors and Tourism land on the Register of Parks and enhanced sensitively, and opportunities Retail and town centre uses will Gardens of Special Historic Interest, The Council will support the sustainable will be taken to improve areas be supported providing that it is green chains and green corridors growth of the tourist industry, for the of poorer environmental quality, appropriate to the role in the hierarchy will be safeguarded and improved for benefit of the local area by: including within the areas of relative of the centres, and respects the biodiversity, sport and recreation and disadvantage of Castlenau, Ham, character, environment and historical 20.A Encouraging the enhancement of heritage, and for visual reasons. Hampton Nurserylands, Heathfield and interest of the area. It should be of an existing tourist attractions, such as Kew 10.B A number of additional areas of open Mortlake. appropriate scale for the size of the Gardens, Hampton Court Palace, Ham land of townscape importance will centre and not adversely impact on House and the River, including sport 7.B All new development should recognise be identified, which will be brought the vitality and viability of any existing stadia particularly those of RFU and distinctive local character and forward through the Development centre. Out of town retail development Harlequins; contribute to creating places of a high Allocations DPD. is not usually considered appropriate in architectural and urban design quality 20.B Promoting sustainable transport for this Borough in line with The London CP17 Health and Well-being that are well used and valued. Proposals tourists to and within the borough, Plan consolidated with Alterations will have to illustrate that they: including the passenger services along since 2004. 17.A Health and well-being in the Borough the Thames; is important and all new development (i) are based on an analysis and The Council will improve the local should encourage and promote understanding of the Borough’s 20.C Directing new hotels to the Borough’s environment to provide centres which healthier communities and places. development patterns, features and town centres or other areas highly are comfortable, attractive and safe for views, public transport accessibility accessible by public transport; all users. The historic environment and 17.B The provision of new or improved and maintaining appropriate levels of facilities for health and social care river frontage will be protected. 20.D Requiring accommodation and amenity; and other facilities will be supported. facilities to be accessible to all; (ii) connect positively with their CP14 Housing Standards & Types Such facilities should be in sustainable 20.E Enhancing the environment in locations and accessible to all and surroundings to create safe and 14.D The density of residential proposals areas leading to and around tourist priority will be given to those in inclusive places through the use should take into account the need to destinations. areas of relative deprivation which of good design principles including achieve the maximum intensity of use

70 are identified in Core Policy 13, an identified Town Centre Boundaries of designated as Areas of Mixed Use and are It will be recognised that there may be immediate need for primary health the five maintown centres. These are thus seen as appropriate for a mix of uses exceptional cases where appropriate care facilities (especially doctor’s Richmond, the major centre, and the four that meet primarily local needs. development is acceptable. The following surgeries) has been identified in Kew, district centres – Twickenham, East Sheen, criteria must be taken into account when Proposals for development will be Richmond, Whitton and Ham. Sites Teddington and Whitton. assessing appropriate development: acceptable in the smaller centres if they: for larger facilities may be identified Proposals that contribute towards a 1. It must be linked to the functional use in the Site Allocations DPD. (c) Respect and enhance the heritage, suitable mix of uses will be approved, of the Other Open Land of Townscape character and local distinctiveness of 17.C A pattern of land use and facilities provided that they are appropriate to the Importance; or the centre, whilst making the most will be promoted to encourage function, character and scale of the centre. efficient use of land. 2. It can only be a replacement or minor walking, cycling, and leisure and Acceptable town centre uses could include extension of existing built facilities; (d) Include overall improvements and recreation and play facilities to retail (if within or well related to designated 3. In addition to 1. or 2., it does not harm provide for a healthy lifestyle for all, frontages), business, leisure, tourism, enhancements of the small centres; or modernise outmoded premises. the character and openness of the open including provisions for open and play community uses, health and residential land. space within new development as development compatible with other Development should improve and maintain appropriate. development in the town centre. commercial provision in the smaller centres, Improvement and enhancement of the without significantly expanding it. openness and character of other open land 17.D Existing health, social care, leisure and Proposals will be acceptable within the and measures to open up views into and recreation provision will be retained Town Centre Boundaries if they: Policy DM TC 3 Retail Frontages out of designated other open land will be where these continue to meet or (f) Maintain or enhance the amount of encouraged where appropriate. can be adapted to meet residents’ B Secondary Retail Frontages active frontage, subject to Policy DM TC needs. Land will be safeguarded for When considering developments on sites 3 ‘Retail Frontages’. Non-retail proposals will be acceptable in such uses where available, and the the secondary shopping frontages only if: outside designated other open land, any potential of re-using or redeveloping (h) Respect and enhance the heritage, possible visual impacts on the character and existing sites will be maximised. character and local distinctiveness of (b) The proposed use retains a “shop-like” openness of the designated other open land the centre. appearance with an active frontage and will be taken into account. will not have a detrimental visual impact on the shop-front and respect the The explanatory text is relevant to the SPD LBRuT LDF Development as set out below: Management Plan (November 2011) Policy DM TC 2 Local and Neighbourhood heritage and character of the centre. Centres and Areas of Mixed Use 4.1.6 Other Open Land of Townscape Main policies that the SPDs will support: Policy DM OS 3 Other Open Land of The Council will protect and improve the Townscape Importance Importance (OOLTI) can include Policy DM TC 1 Larger Town Centres provision of day-to-day goods and services public and private sports grounds, in the local and neighbourhood centres Other open areas that are of townscape school playing fields, cemeteries, To maintain and improve the town centres, importance will be protected and enhanced allotments, private gardens, areas of the Council will require appropriate of the borough (See Policy DM TC 3 ‘Retail Frontages’). These centres are often in open use. vegetation such as street verges and development to take place within the mature trees. The designated areas

71 are shown on the Proposals Map but and out of the site, including from each Conservation area, these will be used accurate understanding of the significance there will also be other areas which surrounding properties. as a basis when determining proposals of the asset including the structure, could be considered as being of local ■■ Value for biodiversity and nature within or where it would affect the setting and respect the architectural character, value to the area and townscape conservation. of, Conservation Areas together with other historic fabric and detailing of the original which merit protection. ■■ Note that the criteria are policy guidance. building. With alterations, the Council will normally insist on the retention of 4.1.7 In some parts of the borough, open qualitative and not all need to be Buildings or parts of buildings, street the original structure, features, material areas, including larger blocks of back met. furniture, trees and other features which and plan form or features that contribute gardens, which are not extensive make a positive contribution to the Policy DM OS 4 Historic Parks, Gardens and to the significance of the asset. With enough to be defined as green belt character, appearance or significance of the Landscapes repairs, the Council will expect retention or metropolitan open land, act as area should be retained. New development and repair, rather than replacement of pockets of greenery of local rather Parks and gardens as well as landscapes (or redevelopment) or other proposals the structure, features, and materials than London-wide significance. Many of special historic interest included in the should conserve and enhance the character of the building which contribute to its of these are of townscape importance, Register compiled by English Heritage and and appearance of the area. architectural and historic interest; and will contributing to the local character and other historic parks, gardens and landscapes Policy DM HD 2 Conservation of Listed require the use of appropriate traditional are valued by residents as open spaces referred to in para 4.1.11 below, will be Buildings and Scheduled Ancient Monuments materials and techniques; in the built up area. Policy DM HO 2 protected and enhanced. Proposals which ‘Infill Development’ and Policy DM have an adverse effect on the settings, views, The Council will require the preservation of 4. using its legal powers to take steps to HO 3 ‘Backland Development’ also and vistas to and from historic parks and Listed Buildings of special architectural or secure the repair of Listed Buildings, recognise the importance of gardens, gardens, will not be permitted. Royal Botanic historic interest and Ancient Monuments and where appropriate; which will be considered as greenfield Gardens, Kew referred to. In addition Kew seek to ensure that they are kept in a good 5. protecting the setting of Ancient sites. Green oases are particularly Green is referred to as an area which could state of repair by the following means: Monuments and Listed Buildings where important and will be protected in be included on the English Heritage register proposals could have an impact; areas of high density development and of historic parks and gardens and which 1. consent would only be granted for the 6. taking a practical approach towards the town centres. merits protection and enhancement. demolition of Grade II Listed Buildings in alteration of Listed Buildings to comply exceptional circumstances and for Grade with the Disability Discrimination Act 4.1.8 OOLTI should be predominantly open Policy DM HD 1 Conservation Areas – II* and Grade I Listed Buildings in wholly 2005 and subsequent amendments, or natural in character. The following designation, protection and enhancement exceptional circumstances following a provided that the building’s special criteria are taken into account in The Council will continue to protect thorough assessment of their significance; interest is not harmed, using English defining OOLTI: areas of special significance by designating 2. retention of the original use for which Heritage advice as a basis. ■ Contribution to the local character Conservation Areas and extensions to the listed building was built is preferred. ■ Policy DM HD 3 Buildings of Townscape and/or street scene, by virtue of its existing Conservation Areas using the Other uses will only be considered where Merit size, position and quality. criteria as set out in PPS 5 and as advised by the change of use can be justified, and where it can be proven that the original ■■ Value to local people for its English Heritage. The Council will seek to ensure use cannot be sustained; presence and openness. The Council will prepare a Conservation and encourage the preservation and 3. alterations and extensions including ■■ Immediate or longer views into Area Appraisal and Management Plan for enhancement of Buildings of Townscape partial demolitions should be based on an Merit and will use its powers where possible

72 to protect their significance, character and obscured. 1. Plot width - plots must be sufficient contributes either individually or as part setting, by the following means: width to allow a dwelling(s) to be sited of a larger swathe of green space to Policy DM HO 1 Existing Housing (including with adequate separation between amenity of residents or provides wildlife 1. consent will not normally be granted for conversions, reversions, and non self- dwellings; habitats must be retained; the demolition of Buildings of Townscape contained accommodation) Merit; 2. Spacing between dwelling - new 2. Impact on neighbours – privacy of Existing housing should be retained. dwellings must have similar spacing existing homes and gardens must be 2. alterations and extensions should be Redevelopment of existing housing should between buildings to any established maintained and unacceptable light based on an accurate understanding of normally only take place where: spacing in the street; spillage avoided; the significance of the asset including the 1. it has first been demonstrated that 3. Height - dwelling height should reflect 3. Vehicular access or car parking – these structure, and respect the architectural the existing housing is incapable of the height of existing buildings; must not have an adverse impact on character, and detailing of the original improvement or conversion to a 4. Materials - where materials on existing neighbours in terms of visual impact, building. The structure, features, satisfactory standard to provide an dwellings are similar, new dwellings noise or light. Access roads between and materials of the building which equivalent scheme; and if this is the case: should reflect those materials; dwellings and unnecessarily long access contribute to its architectural and roads will not normally be acceptable; historic interest should be retained or 2. the proposal improves the long-term 5. Architectural details - new dwellings 4. Mass and scale of development on restored with appropriate traditional sustainability of buildings on the site; and should incorporate or reflect traditional backland sites must be more intimate in materials and techniques; 3. the proposal does not have an adverse architectural features; scale and lower than frontage properties; 3. any proposals should protect and impact on local character; and 6. Trees, shrubs and wildlife habitats- 5. Trees, shrubs and wildlife habitats– enhance the setting of Buildings of 4. the proposal provides a reasonable features important to character, features important to character, Townscape Merit; standard of accommodation, including appearance or wildlife must be retained accessible design, as set out in Policy DM or re-provided; appearance or wildlife must be retained 4. taking a practical approach towards the or re-provided. alteration of Buildings of Townscape HO 4 ‘Housing Mix and Standards’ and 7. Impact on neighbours - including loss of Merit to comply with the Disability other policies. privacy to homes or gardens. Policy DM TP 8 Off Street Parking - Discrimination Act 2005 and subsequent Policy DM HO 3 Backland Development Retention and New Provision amendments, provided that the building’s There will be a presumption against Developments, redevelopments, special interest is not harmed, using conversions and extensions will have to English Heritage advice as a basis. loss of back gardens due to the need to Policy DM HO 2 Infill Development maintain local character, amenity space and demonstrate that the new scheme provides an appropriate level of off street parking Policy DM HD 7 Views and Vistas All infill development must reflect the biodiversity. In exceptional cases where it is to avoid an unacceptable impact on on- character of the surrounding area and considered that a limited scale of backland The Council will seek to protect the quality street parking conditions and local traffic protect the amenity of neighbours. development may be acceptable it should of views indicated on the Proposals Map. conditions. It will also seek opportunities to create In considering applications for infill not have a significantly adverse impact upon attractive new views and vistas and, where development the following factors will be the following: A set of maximum car parking standards appropriate, improve any that have been taken into account: 1. Garden land – rear garden land which and minimum cycle parking standards are set out in Appendix Four - Parking

73 Standards ‘Appendix Four - Parking important townscape or surface water fronts of architectural or historic interest. shop fronts. Standards ‘for all types of development, flooding issues exist. The Council will have The Council will expect proposals for these take into account bus, rail and tube regard to the impact of forecourt parking in Other relevant policies new shop fronts or alterations to existing accessibility as well as local highway and considering proposals to extend or convert Policy DM OS 2 Metropolitan Open Land shop fronts to demonstrate a high quality traffic conditions including demand for existing residential property. of design, which complements the original on-street parking. These standards will be The borough’s Metropolitan Open Land will Policy DM DC 1 Design Quality design, proportions, materials and detailing of expected to be met, unless it can be shown be protected and retained in predominately the shop front, surrounding streetscene and open use. Appropriate uses include public that in proposing levels of parking applicants New development must be of a high the building of which it forms part. and private open spaces and playing fields, can demonstrate that there would be no architectural and urban design quality based open recreation and sport, biodiversity adverse impact on the area in terms of on sustainable design principles. Blinds, canopies or shutters where including rivers and bodies of water and street scene or on street parking. acceptable in principle must be appropriate Development must be inclusive, respect local open community uses including allotments to the character of the shop-front and its Policy DM TP 9 Forecourt Parking character including the nature of a particular and cemeteries. setting; external security grilles will not road, and connect with, and contribute The parking of vehicles in existing front normally be permitted; in sensitive areas, It will be recognised that there may be positively, to its surroundings based on a gardens will be discouraged, especially where rigid and gloss finish blinds will generally be exceptional cases where appropriate thorough understanding of the site and its unacceptable; development such as small scale structures is ■■ this would result in the removal of context. acceptable, but only if it: architectural features such as walls, gates Signage and illumination to shop fronts must In assessing the design quality of a proposal and paving, or of existing trees and other demonstrate a high quality of design, which 1. Does not harm the character and the Council will have regard to the following: vegetation; or, complements the character and materials of openness of the metropolitan open land; ■■ where such parking would detract ■■ compatibility with local character the shop front and surrounding streetscene, and from the streetscape or setting of the including relationship to existing and does not compromise public safety. 2. Is linked to the functional use of the property; or, townscape and Large illuminated fascias will not normally Metropolitan Open Land or supports ■■ where the use of the access would create ■■ frontages, scale, height, massing, be permitted, even if these are in the “house outdoor open space uses; or a road or pedestrian safety problem; or proportions and form style” of a particular store. 3. Is for essential utility infrastructure ■■ where the width of the proposed ■■ sustainable development and adaptability, New shop fronts must be designed to and facilities, for which it needs to entrance will be greater than the width of subject to aesthetic considerations allow equal access for all users, and can be demonstrated that no alternative a normal driveway. ■■ layout and access incorporate flood protection measures locations are available and that they where appropriate. Proposals should take do not have any adverse impacts on For any proposal the area of impermeable account of the Councils SPD on Shop fronts the character and openness of the paving should be minimised and soft ■■ space between buildings and relationship and Shop Signs. metropolitan open land. landscaping maximised. to the public realm ■ detailing and materials The Council will welcome proposals from Improvement and enhancement of the The Council will seek to restrict permitted ■ groups of shops to add character to the openness and character of the Metropolitan development rights for forecourt parking Policy DM DC 7 Shop fronts and shop signs street scene by the use of harmonious high Open Land and measures to reduce through Article 4 directions, where The Council will resist the removal of shop quality design, colours and materials for their visual impacts will be encouraged where

74 appropriate. 5. protecting and promoting the history adversely impact on the pedestrian ■■ Design Guidelines leaflet 11: Shopfront and heritage of the river, including environment and provides appropriate Security. First published 1997 and When considering developments on sites landscape features, historic buildings, pedestrian access (see Policy DM TP 3 Reformatted with minor updates July outside Metropolitan Open Land, any important structures and archaeological ‘EnhancingTransport Links’). 2005. Based on UDP policies possible visual impacts on the character and resources associated with the river and openness of the Metropolitan Open Land 3. New development and schemes improve Also of relevance is the Council’s ‘Public ensuring new development incorporates will be taken into account. the safety and security of the pedestrian Space Design Guide’ (Jan 2006). The overall existing features; environment where appropriate. aim is to provide guidance to help deliver Policy DM OS 11 Thames Policy Area 6. protecting and improving existing access the goal of improved streetscene and public Policy DM TP 7 Cycling The special character of the Thames Policy points to the River Thames, its foreshore spaces. Area (TPA), as identified on the Proposals and Thames Path, including paths, cycle To maintain and improve conditions for Thames Landscape Strategy (2012 Map, will be protected and enhanced by: routes, facilities for launching boats, cyclists, the Council will ensure that new refresh). This can be viewed at www. slipways, stairs etc. and encouraging development or schemes do not adversely 1. ensuring development protects the thameslandscape-strategy.org.uk opening up existing access points to the impact on the cycling network or cyclists individuality and character, including the public, both for pedestrians and boats; and provide appropriate cycle access and views and vistas, of the river and the 7. requiring public access as part of new sufficient, secure cycle parking facilities, see identified individual reaches; developments alongside and to the River Policy DM TP 3 ‘Enhancing Transport Links’ 2. discouraging land infill and development Thames, including for pedestrians, boats and Policy DM TP 8 ‘Off Street Parking - which encroaches into the river and and cyclists, where appropriate; Retention and New Provision’. its foreshore other than in exceptional 8. increasing access to and awareness circumstances, which may include where of the river including from the town Relevant SPDs/SPGs necessary for the construction of river centres. ■■ Design Quality SPD Adopted Feb 2006 dependent structures such as bridges, ■ Front Gardens and other Off-street tunnels, jetties, piers, slipways etc.; Policy DM TP 6 Walking and the Pedestrian ■ Parking Standards SPD Sept 2006 3. ensuring development establishes a Environment ■ Residential Development Standards relationship with the river and takes full ■ To protect, maintain and improve the March 2010 advantage of its location, addressing the pedestrian environment, the Council will river as a frontage, opening up views and ensure that:- ■■ Shopfronts SPD March 2010 access to it and taking account of the ■■ Small and Medium Housing Sites SPD changed perspective with tides; 1. New development and schemes protect, Feb 2006 maintain and, where appropriate, 4. encouraging development which includes ■■ Design Guidelines Leaflets 3 and improve the existing pedestrian a mixture of uses, including uses which 4: House Extensions and External infrastructure, including the Rights of enable the public to enjoy the riverside, Alterations. Adopted Sept 2002. Way network. especially at ground level in buildings Reformatted with minor updates July fronting the river; 2. New development does not 2005. Based on UDP policies