Scariff Court 39 - 41 Sycamore Grove New Malden KT3 3DH

1. 1.The proposed additional storey, by reason of its siting, scale, massing, roof form and external materials, would form a visually dominant, bulky and incongruous addition to the host building. The resulting building would appear top-heavy and visually intrusive within the street scene, and would fail to respond sympathetically to the prevailing character and appearance of this part of Sycamore Grove and the Lime Groves Local Area of Special Character. The development would therefore cause unacceptable harm to the external appearance of the building and its local context, contrary to the National Planning Policy Framework, Policies CS8, DM10 and DM12 of the Kingston Core Strategy 2012, Policies D3 and HC1 of the London Plan 2021, and Condition A.2(1)(e) of Schedule 2, Part 20, Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, as amended.
2. 2.The proposed parking layout would fail to provide satisfactory arrangements for the safe and efficient access, manoeuvring, turning and parking of vehicles within the site. In particular, the proposed parallel parking spaces would be located within the existing access and manoeuvring area serving the rear parking court and garages. In the absence of swept path analysis or other cogent evidence, the applicant has failed to demonstrate that vehicles could safely and conveniently enter, manoeuvre within, park, access the existing garages and egress the site when the existing and proposed parking spaces are occupied. The proposal would therefore result in an unacceptable transport and highways impact, contrary to Policies DM8, DM9 and DM10 of the Kingston Core Strategy 2012, the National Planning Policy Framework and Condition A.2(1)(a) of Schedule 2, Part 20, Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, as amended.

From the council's decision notice.

Postcode

KT3 3DH

Application type

PA Construction of New Dwellings

Scale / size

Small

Parish

New And Old Malden

Date validated

14 April 2026

Consultation expiry

7 May 2026

Neighbour consultation start

15 April 2026

Neighbour consultation end

7 May 2026

Last date for comments

7 May 2026

Target decision date

9 June 2026

Agent address

Clive Chapman Architects 4 Eel Pie Island Twickenham TW1 3DY

Statutory period

56 days

Planning Portal ID

PP-14766230

Documents

20

Constraints

10