34-36 Bedford Road, London SW4 - Lambeth Council

air source heat pump to the communal areas on the fourth floor screening may
be required, which should also be secured by condition. The soft landscaping to
the ramp walls would soften its visual impact and would mitigate the concerns
about its appearance when viewed from the proposed residential units, and this
is supported. Further work concerning boundary treatments and requires and
therefore details would be secured by condition.
8.7 20 cycle storage spaces are located at ground floor directly opposite Residential
Core 2 for residential use. Details of the dimensions and materiality of the cycle
storage have not been provided, and therefore details would be secured by
condition.
9 Affordable housing provision
9.1 The scheme provides 40% of the residential units as affordable housing with a
69/31 split between rental and shared ownership properties. This is provided
without grant and is considered to accord with the minimum thresholds as set
out in the London Plan and the Core Strategy.
9.2 The applicant is proposing that the rental units would be priced at rental levels
of £167 for 1-bedroom units, £178 for 2-bedrooms, £189 for 3-bedroom and
£213 for 4-bedrooms. Housing officers have confirmed their acceptance of this
approach, and this should be secured as part of any S106 agreement.
9.3 The mix of housing, providing 6 larger 3 and 4 bedroom units is supported in
contributing to identified demand in respect of housing need.
10 Quality of the proposed accommodation
10.1 The NPPF requires the provision of high quality homes. Specific details and
standards for this are set out in the London Plan and Local Plan documents,
and these issues are addressed below.
10.2 The mix in sizes of the affordable housing units are considered at section 8. In
terms of the private units, a greater proportion of larger units would have been
expected, hwever, in the context of the whole scheme, and given that the unit
mix would be accepted for the affordable units, it is not considered that
permission should be refused on this ground.
10.3 The unit sizes all meet or exceed London Plan Design Guide standards, and
Lambeth SPD ‘Guidance and Standards for Housing Development and House
Conversion’ standards. Out of the whole development only 4 living/dining rooms
are undersized, in this is by a maximum of just 1sqm. As this is a relatively
limited transgression and the units provide an appropriate internal layout, the
sizes of the units are considered to be satisfactory.
10.4 Communal amenity space is provided in the form of roof terraces to the west of
the site at third floor (119sqm) and fourth floor (162sqm), a children’s play area
at ground floor to the west of the site (160sqm), and a grassed area of amenity
space to the south of the building (586sqm in total, with approx. 300sqm laid out
to grass, accessible only to residential occupiers). This results in a total of