After more than two years since the original application the planning officers have rejected the application:
1) The existing building is considered to make an important contribution to the character of the surrounding area, and its demolition would thereby detract from the appearance of the streetscene, whilst compromising the visual quality of the row of Edwardian villas, without demonstrating that a suitable replacement building would be constructed. ...
2) The proposed outline application represents an overdevelopment of the site, emphasised by the uncomfortably positioned main entrance within a narrow side passageway and the size of the proposed building, which would significantly exceed the size and depth of neighbouring properties, whilst failing to respect the established rear building line. Subsequently, the building would be likely to impact detrimentally upon the residential amenities of neighbouring occupiers.....