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The Elizabeth House application was put before Lambeth’s planning Committee on 16 January 2008 for a ‘steer’ from members.
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Following the discussions at Committee and further consultation with Local Residents groups, formal amendments to the application have now been submitted to the Council.
In addition, at the request of Transport for London, we have prepared additional supporting information relating to the impact of development on London Bus, London Underground transport infrastructure as well as pedestrian movements within the local area.
We have also provided clarification in relation to a number of transport specific items associated with the development including parking, cycle provision, servicing, construction management plan, taxis and highway works associated with the development. The proposed highway measures have been refined to address specific comments received from Transport for London. These include:
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Relocation of zebra crossing on Mepham Street; |
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Removal of central reserve along York Road; |
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Improvement to bus lane provision along York Road; |
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Introduction of pedestrian crossing on York Road to replace over bridge; |
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Relocation of service & tourist bus stops (York Road south) to benefit from enhanced footway width; |
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Chicheley Street traffic signal improvements (including controlled pedestrian crossings); |
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Street lighting improvements. and |
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Leake Street widened and improved to facilitate cycle and service access. |
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Summary of Amendments
Public Realm
The north west corner of building A and the western corner of building C have been amended at ground floor level to set back the facade of the building and increase pavement widths commensurately. These amendments will alleviate the possibility of the creation of pedestrian ‘pinch points’ in these locations. The pavement in these locations will now be approximately 5m wide.
Amendments have been made to remove taxi bays from the east side of York Road, relocate bus stops and to introduce a raised ‘table’ at the junction of Leake Street and York Road to facilitate pedestrian movement and priority.
A kiosk has been added at the southern end of West Road in response to a request from the Waterloo Community Development Group. This kiosk will act as a draw to pedestrians along West Road and when combined with improved signage, will denote the pedestrian link to Lower Marsh that Leake Street provides.
Design Changes
Amendments to the scheme have been proposed to address issues raised at Committee regarding the apparent bulk of the buildings.
Revisions have been made to the facade treatment of buildings A and B as it was the general consensus of Committee that the design of the residential building is acceptable. Full details of the proposed changes to the design and facade treatment are outlined in the Addendum to the Design and Access Statement enclosed with this submission. This document should be considered Supplemental Information to the detail provided in the Design and Access statement submitted with the application in July 2007.
We have also updated the Townscape and Visual Assessment contained in Volume 2 of the Environmental Statement(ES) submitted with the scheme.
Mix of Units
The July 2007 application submission has been reviewed by LB Lambeth Housing Department. Comments received suggested that the mix of units proposed within the scheme is amended and studio units omitted from floors 1-4. This has necessitated alterations to the internal layout of the residential block (Block C) and a rebalancing of the mix of units on floors 5-9. The gross residential floorspace within the scheme will however, remain the same as submitted in July 2007.
The total number of units within the scheme will reduce from 280 as originally submitted to 274 as amended. The number of habitable rooms in the scheme has also reduced from 674 to 655.
The scheme has been designed with the capacity to accommodate affordable housing.
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