Westmead Conservation Area Appraisal & Management Strategy
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
38 Westmead Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Strategy ) DTS.1852 (6.11 Westmead Conservation Area Appraisal & Management Strategy A INTRODUCTION 4 The purpose of this document 4 Public consultation 4 Designation and adoption dates 4 Map of the conservation area 5 PART ONE: CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 1 SUMMARY OF SPECIAL INTEREST 8 2 LOCATION AND CONTEXT 9 3 HISTORY & ARCHAEOLOGY 10 4 INTRODUCTION TO THE CHARACTER AREAS AND TOWNSCAPE MAP 14 Building use 14 5 CHARACTER AREA 1: The Spencer Lodge Estate 17 Townscape 17 Buildings 18 Rodway Road 18 Nepean Street 19 Umbria Street 20 Akehurst Street 21 Boundary treatments 22 Streetscape 23 Trees and green space 23 6 CHARACTER AREA 2: The Willett Estate 24 Townscape 25 Buildings 26 Boundary treatments 28 Streetscape 29 Wandsworth Conservation & Design Group Westmead Conservation Area Appraisal & Management Strategy Trees and green space 29 7 CHARACTER AREA 3: Beech Close 31 Townscape 31 Buildings 31 Boundary treatments 32 Streetscape 32 Trees and green space 32 8 CHARACTER AREA 4: PUTNEY PARK LANE 33 9 CONCLUSION AND ASSESSMENT OF CONDITION 35 10 APPENDICES 37 Listed Buildings 37 Locally Listed Buildings 37 PART TWO: MANAGEMENT STRATEGY 1 Introduction 40 Boundary review 40 The planning process 40 Positive buildings and heritage assets 41 Communication with residents 42 Guidance on alterations to buildings 42 Enforcement 43 Listed buildings 43 Locally listed buildings 43 Grants 44 Archaeology 44 Trees 44 Streetscape 45 Wandsworth Conservation & Design Group Westmead Conservation Area Appraisal & Management Strategy New development 46 Section 106 agreements 46 2 CONSERVATION AREA GUIDANCE 47 3 WHAT WORKS REQUIRE CONSENT? 52 4 HOW TO MAKE A PLANNING APPLICATION 54 FURTHER INFORMATION & CONTACTS Further information 58 Council contacts 62 Wandsworth Conservation & Design Group Westmead Conservation Area Appraisal & Management Strategy A. INTRODUCTION The purpose of this document A.1 Conservation areas are "areas of special architectural or historic interest, the character and appearance of which it is desirable to preserve or enhance" as set out in the Planning (Listed Buildings & Conservation Areas) Act 1990. Conservation Area Appraisals are documents that define and analyse this special architectural and historic interest according to guidance published by English Heritage and justify their designation as conservation areas. A.2 Under the same Act the Council has a duty to publish proposals for the preservation and enhancement of conservation areas. The management strategy in Part Two of this document sets out how the Council manages the conservation area in accordance with guidance from English Heritage. A.3 Together, the conservation area appraisal and management strategy are material considerations in the planning process and provide a sound basis for planning policies, decisions and appeals. Public consultation A.4 People in the conservation area were consulted for their views on this document in October and November 2009 and a public meeting was held at Dover House Sports Pavilion on Thursday 15 October 2009. The public meeting was attended by 8 people and one other representation was sent in. Issues discussed included boundary treatments, development in the conservation area and trees. Designation and adoption dates A.5 Westmead Conservation Area was designated on 24 May 1989. A.6 This document was approved by the Council's Planning and Transportation Overview and Scrutiny Committee on 22 February 2010 and the Council's Executive on 1 March 2010. Further copies of this document are available from: www.wandsworth.gov.uk/planning/conservation Maps and pictures may be enlarged for clarity when viewed online. 4 Wandsworth Conservation & Design Group GR A N S A EN EWAY D LAN R A R G D D T A T E O T R O S W N A O E ategy O E L D R R V O G A A G D R E EE N N LK N ST S WA E OBBE D A H D U G Str A R E D SSSSSSS S E SSSSSSS N SSSSSSS S Q UUUUUUU UUUUUUU HHHHHHH UUUUUUU HHHHHHH HHHHHHH HHHHHHH U NNNNNNN NNNNNNN UUUUUUU NNNNNNN UUUUUUU NNNNNNN UUUUUUU UUUUUUU A NNNNNNN NNNNNNN NNNNNNN NNNNNNN NNNNNNN NNNNNNN NNNNNNN NNNNNNN R TTTTTTT TTTTTTT YYYYYYY TTTTTTT YYYYYYY TTTTTTT YYYYYYY E IIIIIII IIIIIII IIIIIII INININININININ MMMMMMM NNNNNNN MMMMMMM NNNNNNN MMMMMMM NNNNNNN MMMMMMM GGGGGGG GGGGGGG GGGGGGG EEEEEEE GGGGGGG EEEEEEE EEEEEEE FFFFFFF FFFFFFF FFFFFFF AAAAAAA FFFFFFF AAAAAAA AAAAAAA IIIIIII IIIIIII IIIIIII IEIEIEIEIEIEIE EEEEEEE EEEEEEE DDDDDDD EEEEEEE DDDDDDD 5 DDDDDDD LLLLLLL LLLLLLL LLLLLLL LLLLLLL DDDDDDD DDDDDDD DDDDDDD RRRRRRR DDDDDDD RRRRRRR RRRRRRR R R R R R R R OOOOOOO RRRRRRR OOOOOOO RRRRRRR OOOOOOO RRRRRRR OOOOOOO OOOOOOO OOOOOOO OOOOOOO AAAAAAA OOOOOOO AAAAAAA AAAAAAA AAAAAAA AAAAAAA AAAAAAA AAAAAAA DDDDDDD YY DDDDDDD YY DDDDDDD AAYY DDDDDDD DDDDDDD AAYY DDDDDDD AAYY DDDDDDD WWAAYY DDDDDDD WWAA DDDDDDD TTWWAA DDDDDDD TTWWAA DDDDDDD SSTTWW CCRREESSTTWW Management & D O E V E N AD O R oup N R A W DO IGH P L H aisal A Gr R N K PPPPPPP C PPPPPPP O D PPPPPPP O UUUUUUU UUUUUUU R UUUUUUU R TTTTTTT I TTTTTTT T TTTTTTT V TTTTTTT PT I NNNNNNN NNNNNNN S Appr E NNNNNNN DOVER HOUSE ROAD EEEEEEE R M EEEEEEE EEEEEEE O YYYYYYY YYYYYYY A YYYYYYY A D P P P P P PP H PPPPPPP ea PPPPPPP AAAAAAA Design AAAAAAA E D AAAAAAA RRRRRRR A RRRRRRR ME RRRRRRR O K R KKKKKKK Ar KKKKKKK PA KKKKKKK & R L L L L L LL LLLLLLL LLLLLLL AAAAAAA AAAAAAA AAAAAAA NNNNNNN NNNNNNN NNNNNNN EEEEEEE EEEEEEE EEEEEEE ation ation Area IVE AAAAYYYY E DR DDDD W WWAAAAYYYY PIC SSSSFFFFOOOORRRRDDDD W WW COP UUUUNNNNSSSSFFFFOOOORRRR DDDDUUUUNNNN YYYY Conserv D W WWAAAAYYYY L A SSSSSSSSEEEE W WWAAAAYYYY Conserv E RRRROOOOSSSSSSSSEEEE O M GGGGRRRROOOOSSSS ST GGGG area N WE N G A E W K P O Conservation E E H O EET A STR U BRIA D UM N E R D S S O S R L T T C I R V H HHH S TTTHHH C E E AAATTT E T EEEAAA estmead E E H HHEEE R EEEYYY B T NNNEEEYYY E TTTNNN PPPUUUTTT RR E PPP W RR PPP andsworth OO T OOEEE Westmead EEE EEEHH T HH R W AAA D E OA V of MM R TTT MM AY EEETTT IL KKKK DW EEEEEE KKKKIIIINIININN PPP O EEE L KKKKIIIINIININNGGGGSSSSCCCC PPP R RRREEE SSSSCCCCLLLLEEEERRRR TTT TTTRRR E LLLLEEEERRRREEEE C C CC TTT S SSTTT EEEE C C CCLLLLOOOOSSSS OO HHH S SS S OOOOSSSSEEEE OO GGGHHH NN IIIGIGG T NN HHH R HHH L LL E LLL E AAA NNN AAANN OOONNN T conservation NN SSSS TTT M MMEEEEWWWSSSS PPP EEE GGGGEEEELLLL M M MEEEE MMM EEE AAAANNNNGGGGEEEELLLL AAAMMM AAAANNNN HHHAAA EEEHHH RRROOO boundary RRR T B l E a c E k f R o r T d ' S the s D The EL P I a F : t D h ANE ED BUR M 1 Y A of VE NUE LAV ERS D TOK A E G O ARD R ENS Figure Y B N O Map S N O P Crown Copyright. All rights reserved. Wandsworth Licence Number: 100019270 (2010) Westmead Conservation Area Appraisal & Management Strategy 6 Wandsworth Conservation & Design Group PART ONE: CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL Westmead Conservation Area Appraisal & Management Strategy 1. SUMMARY OF SPECIAL INTEREST 1.1 Westmead Conservation Area was designated on 24 May 1989. The special character of this conservation area is derived from the high quality of the three distinct phases of suburban development that occurred on the sites of the country estates of the former Dover House, Roehampton House and Spencer Lodge. 1.2 The first phase was the housing built on the former Spencer Lodge Estate between c.1899-1915. This is a quiet suburban enclave consisting of a grid of four streets of Edwardian detached and semi detached houses developed piecemeal by local builders. 1.3 The Willett Estate was built between 1924 -30 on land that was owned by Dover House and is so called because it was developed by a single builder, William Willett. Beech Close was built as a cul-de-sac in the 1950s. Putney Park Lane has a character of its own being a rural lane that gave access to The Pleasance, the site of the early eighteenth century hunting lodge for Putney Park. 1.4 The Westmead Conservation Area contains mostly positive buildings and the whole area is generally of good quality and well maintained. Houses are complemented by good sized gardens and many trees, some of which are remnants from the former country house estates. Figure 2 : Dover Park Drive 8 Wandsworth Conservation & Design Group Westmead Conservation Area Appraisal & Management Strategy 2. LOCATION AND CONTEXT 2.1 Westmead Conservation Area is situated in the west of the Borough on the edge of the substantial open spaces of Putney Heath and just to the northeast of the Roehampton Village Conservation Area. Putney town centre is approximately 1 mile away to the northeast. The area consists of two grids of quiet suburban streets. The only main roads are Putney Heath, running east-west connecting Roehampton with Putney and Dover House Road, a north-south route that connects Roehampton to the Upper Richmond Road. 2.2 The conservation area is a low density, suburban enclave surrounded by contrasting and extensive housing estates that reflect a wide variety of different types of local authority housing. The Dover House Estate to the north - also a conservation area - is an early example of an L.C.C. Cottage Estate; the Ashburton Estate to the east consists mostly of higher density flats, whilst the extensive Alton Estate to the west is a mix of high, medium and low rise housing. The Alton Estate is also a conservation area.