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by Wimbledon Town & Dundonald Lib Dems on 8 May, 2012
News reaches us that the planning application for the Glass Factory on Dorien Road, rejected in January, has been appealed to the planning inspector.
If you wrote to the Council at the time of the original application, your letter will be copied to the planning inspector and the developer.
Dundonald Lib Dems objected to the original proposal for a three storey building comprising 3 one bedroom and 6 two bedroom flats on grounds that: the application would cause problems with on-street parking; the (small) size of the new flats; and the lack of garden and other outdoor space in the development.
2 Comments
I agree with the original objections to the plan submitted for the former glass works site – immediately behind Red Rose takeaway. While a 3-storey building is defensible it seems to me that employment opportunities should be a priority in an area that is a mix of commercial and residential properties. In the current economic climate attracting jobs to Merton should be the priority, not housing.
The street utilities are already overloaded with a percentage of the houses in the street being made into 2 flats. There is no provision for parking spaces and the situation in the street is already critical now the other Apostles have CPZ, there could potentially be another 9 – 15 cars to park. The size of the flat will be tiny, they will encroach on the back spaces of the houses on Kingston Road, possible affecting their light. I strongly object to this proposed development.
Jane Sin