34-36 Bedford Road, London SW4 - Lambeth Council

741sqm of communal amenity space, well above the 50sqm required by the
Lambeth SPD ‘Guideance and Standards for Housing Development and House
Conversions’. 26 units (65%) have access to private amenity space in the form
of balconies and terraces, ranging from 9sqm to 61 sqm. There are 14 units that
do not have any access to private amenity space, however given the significant
provision of communal amenity space on this site, the development is
considered to result in an acceptable standard of living for future occupiers in
this respect.
10.5 A total of 28 units (70%) are single aspect, and 14 of these are solely north
facing. This raises concerns with the sunlight and daylight that would be
available to these units. However, the applicant has submitted a daylight and
sunlight study relating to the proposed residential units. This concludes that all
windows achieve the required Average Daylight Factor (ADF) standards –
relating to daylight. However, 4 windows do not achieve the Annual Probable
Sunlight Hours (APSH) targets – relating to sunlight. The windows that fail are at
first floor and relate to flats 1, 11 and 12. All the rooms where the windows are
located are dual aspect, with at least 1 other window that does achieve these
standards. Therefore given the dual aspect nature of the rooms and the fact that
the windows achieve acceptable daylight estimates, overall is it considered that
the proposed units would receive acceptable levels of daylight and sunlight
10.6 The applicant has submitted a noise study to demonstrate that the residential
properties could achieve acceptable noise levels. It concludes that all residential
windows fronting Bedford Road and the Railway Line would need to be closed
in order to achieve acceptable noise levels within the development, and
proposes mechanical ventilation in order to ensure appropriate ventilation can
be achieved to these units. The noise team have not objected to this approach,
and due to the constraints of this site, this is considered to be an acceptable
approach which would result in satisfactory noise levels being felt within the
development. The proposed mechanical ventilation is likely to result in a grille
approx 12cm x 12cm inserted into the elevations for each flat where the
ventilation is required. A condition is recommended requiring details of the
mechanical ventilation to be specified, to ensure appropriate internal noise
levels and to ensure it would result in an acceptable appearance to the building.
10.4 The layout does not lead to any overlooking and loss of privacy to and from flats
in the development, other than from the proposed balconies, and it is
considered that appropriate screening could be achieved which would mitigate
this impact. A condition is recommended to require detail of this screening to
ensure an acceptable appearance and relationship between properties.
10.5 The distance to the rear windows at 1-7 Aristotle Road is 12m. These properties
are occupied as flats with their main aspect across the rear return, (not facing
into the site). The windows that do face the site generally serve kitchens, or are
secondary windows to kitchen/living/dining rooms. The windows in the proposed
development that would be affected in terms of overlooking are to the two flats
in the westernmost corner of the proposed block. These units are dual aspect so
can achieve their main outlook to the north. Also, the building line at this point is
offset from the rear building line of no. 1 Aristotle road, further reducing the
potential for any overlooking between these windows. The windows closest to