The application does not include any drawings or photographs of the existing garage, which makes it difficult to assess the proposals which attempt to replicate the original.
Our main concern, expressed in our pre-app comments of 14 December 2011, is that the proposals are significantly higher than the existing boundary wall along the boundary with 22 Falmouth Road and will tend to overshadow and enclose its garden. There are two reasons for this. Firstly, the tall monopitch roof has been carried the full length of the gable wall of 2 Monmouth Road, whereas the original stops approximately 2m short of the boundary with 22 Falmouth. We suggest that the monopitch roof in the new proposals is cut back to match the existing. Secondly, the height of the flat roofed element of the new proposal is approximately 1m above the existing boundary wall and a full 3m above the garden of 22 Falmouth. We consider this unacceptable.
We are also concerned about the poor quality of space and outlook from the Living Room. The Living Room is virtually an internal room with only two small velux for daylight. The only outlook is via the sidelight of the front door. As it stands, this would not appear to create a pleasant space for the main living/dining at the heart of the house. It might help to glaze the front door (it is protected by high wall/gates) and to enlarge the velux roof lights. A more radical alternative would be to move the living forward, put the bedroom where the study is and put the study behind the living. The living would be the only part of the house to have a pitched roof. In this way the living would have excellent outlook and daylight ,which would flood back into the kitchen area, and would open out directly onto the terrace in the front garden.
On balance, we would recommend that the application is withdrawn or refused and reworked to produce a more acceptable arrangement.
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