An artist’s impression of the latest proposals for the Woodland Road site

Woodland Road is again under threat from over-development and increased parking.

Last year a planning application was made to build 12 housing units in 4-storey blocks with no off-street parking on land adjacent to 114 Woodland Road SE19.

The site is at the bottom of Woodland Road and located in the London Borough of Southwark – just over the boundary from Lambeth.

After a public meeting with local residents, Andrew raised concerns on behalf of Gipsy Hill’s ward councillors on a number of planning grounds, including:

• Increased parking stress
• Overdevelopment of the site and a roofline out of kilter with its surroundings
• Materials that are dark and grimmer than surrounding houses.

Following an open evening at Upper Norwood Library, the developers have now submitted revised plans to Southwark Council in response to these concerns raised by councillors and residents.  Copies of the revised plans can be found below. This includes using lighter bricks, changes to the windows and reducing the height of the roofline by between 35 and 60cm.  However, we are disappointed that nothing has been done to address the impact of parking stress on Woodland Road and surrounding streets.

• Amended plan – WRD AL (0) 013 REV C – ELEVATIONS  2010-01-05
• Amended plan – WRD AL (0) 023 REV A – SECTION A-A  2010-01-05
• Design and access statement – AMENDED VERSION OF DESIGN AND ACCESS DATED 25TH AUGUST 2009  2010-01-05

Essentially, it is “the same again” – so it is important that if you have submitted an objection in the past that you do so again.

This is urgent.  The deadline for submissions to the consultation is, effectively, Thursday 21 January 2010, but earlier is better.

You can submit your views by email or post, quoting Reference No. 09-AP-2130:

• planning.applications@southwark.gov.uk
• Gary Rice & Sonia Watson, Planning & Transport, Southwark Council, PO Box 64529, London SE1P 5LX