The Planning Committee of Richmond upon Thames Council was scheduled to discuss two planning applications. The first application concerned the demolition of an existing building at 42 High Street, Teddington, and its replacement with a new building containing residential flats and retail units. The second application was a variation to a previously approved planning permission at 83 Udney Park Road, Teddington, to allow for additional bedrooms within the roof space of the proposed dwellinghouses.

42 High Street, Teddington, TW11 8ES

The committee was scheduled to consider a proposal for the demolition of the existing building at 42 High Street, Teddington, and its replacement with a new four-storey building (including a roof storey) with a basement. This development was planned to provide eight residential flats and up to two retail units. The applicant, Unico Developments Ltd, had proposed this scheme, with Mr Graham Allison of Montagu Evans acting as agent.

The report pack indicated that the recommendation was to APPROVE the application, subject to a Section 106 Agreement and specified conditions and informatives. The site is located within the Teddington High Street Conservation Area, and previous applications on this site had been refused by the Planning Inspectorate on grounds of design, height, and impact on neighbouring properties. The report detailed how the current proposal aimed to address these previous concerns, with revisions made to the height, scale, and design of the building.

The report also outlined various considerations, including the principle of development, affordable housing, design and heritage assets, sustainability, parking and transport, neighbour amenity, flooding and subterranean development, trees, ecology, biodiversity net gain, fire safety, and archaeology. It noted that a financial viability review indicated the scheme could not provide an affordable housing contribution.

83 Udney Park Road, Teddington, TW11 9BB

The committee was also scheduled to discuss a variation to a planning permission for 83 Udney Park Road, Teddington. The original permission, granted under reference 23/2359/FUL, was for the demolition of a bungalow and the erection of two two-storey, three-bedroom semi-detached dwellinghouses. The current application sought to vary this permission to allow for the addition of two bedrooms on the second floor of each dwelling, facilitated by the installation of rooflights. The applicant is Mr Nick Jarvis of Glenwood Homes Ltd, with Mrs Fiona Jones of Cameron Jones Planning Ltd as agent.

The recommendation was to APPROVE THE VARIATION to the existing planning permission, subject to conditions. The report highlighted that the height, scale, bulk, and overall design of the buildings would remain unchanged, with the primary alteration being the addition of five rooflights. Concerns had been raised by the Council's Ecology Officer regarding the potential impact of light spill from the rooflights on a nearby maternity bat roost, but revised plans relocating the rooflights to the side roof slopes were considered acceptable.

The report also addressed considerations such as affordable housing, design, residential standards, neighbour amenity, transport and parking, ecology, and sustainability. A revised Financial Viability Assessment indicated that the scheme would not support an affordable housing contribution. The report noted that construction had commenced on site, and an enforcement investigation was ongoing regarding potential non-compliance with approved drawings.