8 St Julian's Close London SW16 2RY

1. 1.The proposed development, by reason of its scale, massing and bulk, would appear as incongruous development within rear garden of the host property and would fail to respond to the siting, and pattern of the prevailing local character. The proposed use of coloured cladding would appear incongruous with the surrounding local context. The proposed development would be contrary to Policies Q2, Q5, Q7 and Q14 of the Lambeth Local Plan (2021).
2. 2.The proposed development would appear as an unneighbourly form of development resulting in unacceptable overlooking and perceived overlooking to neighbouring properties, as well as impacting on neighbouring visual amenity resulting in a reduction in outlook and the creation of an undue sense of enclosure to neighbouring properties. The proposed development would be contrary to Policies Q2, and Q14 of the Lambeth Local Plan (2021).
3. 3.The proposal would fail to provide a mix of unit sizes, to the detriment of maintaining mixed and balanced communities and as such would be contrary to Policy H4 of the Lambeth Local Plan (2021) and Policy H10 of the London Plan (2021).
4. 4.It has not been demonstrated that the proposal would provide high quality accommodation. Insufficient information has been provided with regards to the floor to ceiling heights for units 2 and 3. In the absence of a Daylight and Sunlight Assessment for the proposed units, Officers are unable to determine whether they would receive adequate levels of daylight and sunlight. Officers are also concerned that all three units would have insufficient levels of outlook from the first floor rear bedrooms. Dwelling 1 would also be severely overlooked by no. 8 St Julian's Close. The proposal would fail to provide high quality residential units and would be contrary to Policy D6 of the London Plan (2021) and Policies H5 and Q2 of the Lambeth Local Plan (2021).
5. 5.Insufficient and inadequate details have been provided to demonstrate that the proposed development would maximise opportunities for provision of green infrastructure, such as through planting trees and other soft landscaping; It has not been demonstrated that the proposed development would secure biodiversity net gain. The proposed development would fail to comply with Policies EN1 and Q9 of the Lambeth Local Plan (2021), Policy G6 of the London Plan (2021), and paragraphs 180-186 of the NPPF (2024).
6. 6.In the absence of any further supporting evidence, it is considered that the provision of vehicular access gates would arise in informal car parking within the site, contrary to Policies Q14, T6 and T6.1 of the London Plan (2021) and Policy T6 of the Lambeth Local Plan (2021).
7. 7.In the absence of car parking stress survey and a s.106 legal agreement securing the provision of (1) car parking permit free development; (2) cycle hire membership; and (3) car club membership, the application has failed to demonstrate the proposal would not have unacceptable impact the local highway and promote healthy modes of transport contrary to Policies T3 and T6 of the Lambeth Local Plan (2021).

From the council's decision notice.

Postcode

SW16 2RY

Date validated

26 February 2026