34-36 Bedford Road, London SW4 - Lambeth Council

1 Summary of Main Issues
1.1 The main issues involved in this application are:
• Principle of mixed use development on an employment site
• Acceptability of height, bulk and design of the proposed development
• Affordable housing provision
• Quality of the proposed accommodation
• Impact on the amenity of neighbouring properties in terms of loss of
sunlight/daylight, overlooking and loss of privacy and sense of enclosure
• The transport and highway implications of the proposed development
• Sustainability of the proposed development
• Refuse
• Crime prevention issues
• S106 contributions
2 Site Description
2.1 The site is located on the west side of Bedford Road, bounded by the railway viaduct to
the north, the rear of the properties on Aristotle Road to the south and Cadmus House
on Clapham High Street to the west and including the Kone office on Bedford Road to
the east.
2.2 The site is currently occupied by the 3 storey Kone office fronting Bedford Road, with a
large area of hardstanding to the rear, used as parking for the offices, and also
accommodates a number of ad-hoc single storey storage containers. The site is in B1
use.
2.3 Opposite the site to the east is the former Builders Merchants at 35-51 Bedford Road, at
the time of the officer’s site visit the site had been cleared. Planning permission was
granted at committee in March this year for the demolition of the existing buildings and
the erection of a six storey building (plus basement level) comprising of office space
and 58 residential units front Bedford Road, and the erection of a four storey building to
the rear of the site to provide 17 residential units.
2.4 Three storey terraced residential properties adjoin the site to the east and west, with an
access road and communal garden area directly adjoining the boundary
2.5 The properties at Cadmus House on Clapham High Street to the west are locally listed
and comprise commercial units at ground floor with residential units above.
2.6 To the north is the railway viaduct. The arches are occupied and in commercial use,
with single storey rear extensions projecting beyond the edge of the viaduct and up to
the boundary of the site, to the north.
2.7 The site adjoins the Clapham High Street Conservation Area to the west, Ferndale
Road Conservation Area to the south east and Clapham Road Conservation Area to the
north east of the site. The site is also located in close proximity to the Grade II Listed
No. 2 Ferndale Road (circa 1870) south of the site.