|
|
|
|
EAST END WATERWAY GROUP
NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 2015
ENGLISH HERITAGE OBJECTS TO PROPOSED DEMOLITIONS IN DACE ROAD AND WALLIS ROAD, BUT THE LEGACY CORPORATION IS RECOMMENDING ITS PLANNING COMMITTEE TO APPROVE ON 24 FEBRUARY
We understand that despite strong advice from English Herritage, national and other relevant policies, and its own policies for the retention and reuse of non-designated heritage assets in the two recently extended conservation areas, the London Legacy Development Corporation is planning to put the Dace Road and Wallis Road applications on the Planning Committee agenda for 24 February 2015.
SWAN WHARF DACE ROAD, FISH ISLAND E3
Writing about the "substantial demolition" of the multi-storey stable block at Swan Wharf, English Heritage states that:
Whilst the current proposals would result in the refurbishment of the Dace (Road) facade and provide both commercial floorspace and residential units, we do not believe that this harm is necessary to deliver the redevelopment of this site or that the benefits of the proposals outweigh the harm they cause to the historic environment, which is irreplaceable.
APPLICANT'S PROPOSED NORTH ELEVATION
This amended elevation shows the two upper storeys of the five-storey replacement building, behind the retained Dace Road facade of t he 1906-12 stable block; and alterations and additions to the 1960s extension.
© Tony Giles | Click image to see large version
Three-storey stable block from Dace Road, each stable was provided with its own small high-level window for light and ventilation. The two sets of loading doorways were inserted ca.1929 for twine manufacturers.
© Tony Giles | Click image to see large version
Former three-storey stable block with part 1960s extension from Old Ford Locks: the stable block's western half was built 1906-09 and its eastern half (next to the extension) was built 1910-12.
© Tony Giles | Click image to see large version
Main part of 1960s extension with exposed reinforced concrete frame and cantilevered barge loading canopy (without corrugated iron cladding), from west side of Old Ford Locks.
APPLICANT'S PROPOSED EAST ELEVATION
This elevation shows the proposed development from the River Lea. On the right, the 1960s extensionwith two additional storeys and balconies in the barge loading canopy. On the left a new 4-storey block in the yard next to the 1904 forge building at Crown Wharf.
© Tony Giles | Click image to see large version
Swan Wharf from the River Lea with the south side of the 1906-12 stable block and 1960s extension overlooking the triangular yard. On the left, the 1904 forge building at Crown Wharf. All three buildings constitute the non-designated heritage asset at Swan Wharf, which is in the LLDC's Fish Island & White Post Lane Conservation Area together with this stretch of the River Lea.
© Tony Giles | Click image to see large version
The yard at Swan Wharf with the south side of the 1906-09 half of the stable block and all three rows of stable windows. The top or second storey of the south wall in the 1910-12 half, was rebuilt following a fire in 1953; the first-storey stable windows can and should be reinstated.
 THE ONLINE PETITION OBJECTING TO PLANNING APPLICATION 14/00262/FUL HAS NOW BEEN SIGNED BY 1.129 PEOPLE. IF YOU HAVEN'T SIGNED, PLEASE DO SO AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO SIGN. THE PETITION WILL BE KEPT OPEN UNTIL THE DAY THE APPLICATION GOES TO THE LLDC PLANNING COMMITTEE.
WALLIS ROAD, HACKNEY WICK E9
Writing about the demolition of two twentieth-century industrial buildings and the partial demolition of a nineteenth-century industrial building, English Heritage states that:
"... the development site constitutes just over 30% of the area of the Conservation Area as a whole."
"The loss of industrial buildings, though marginal in their individual significance, is detrimental to the coherence of this relatively fragile conservation area."
"We consider the proposal to cause harm to the significance of the conservation area by altering its setting, demolishing buildings which contribute positively to it, and substantially altering a local heritage asset. We do not feel that the balance of public benefit outweighs this harm and recommend the (Legacy Corporation) considers the points set out above in coming to its decision."
APPLICANT'S PROPOSED VIEW LOOKING WEST ALONG WALLIS ROAD
The five-storey block on the south side of Wallis Road would replace the two-storey western part of 80-84 Wallis Road.
© Tony Giles | Click image to see large version
The front range in the western part of 80-84 Wallis Road: two-storey 1960s industrial building with recessed 'shop front', with entrance to yard on left and two-storey former Carless Institute on right. The front range is a non-designated heritage asset in the LLDC's Hackney Wick Conservation Area.
© Tony Giles | Click image to see large version
View south to Hackney Wick Station and Canary Wharf with yard at 80-84 Wallis Road in foreground; three flat-roofed ranges of western part on right and north-lit sheds in eastern part on left.
APPLICANT'S PROPOSED WALLIS ROAD ELEVATION
The proposed five- and seven-storey block would replace the north-lit sheds in the eastern part of 80-84 Wallis Road. And the two-storey building on the corner at 88 Wallis Road would be partially demolished and heightened to five storeys.
© Tony Giles | Click image to see large version
View south-west to Olympic Stadium, over four north-lit sheds in eastern part of 80-84 Wallis Road: eastern sections probably post-1916 and western sections post-1948. Most surviving north-lit sheds in London were built in the 20th century.
© Tony Giles | Click image to see large version
Elevation of north-lit shed on Wallis Road: twelve bays with shallow segmental window arches between brick piers; pressed-steel window frames with central opening lights. All four north-lit sheds constitute a non-designated heritage asset in the LLDC's Hackney Wick Conservation Area.
© Tony Giles | Click image to see large version
Splay corner and side walls of 88 Wallis Road (a non-designated heritage asset in the LLDC's Hackney Wick Conservation Area): its short segmental window arches are complemented by the long segmental window arches on the adjacent north-lit shed. Much-altered but only surviving building from Clarnico's nineteenth-century main yard.
 LETTER OF OBJECTION FROM EEWG RE PROPOSED DEMOLITIONS OF HERITAGE ASSETS IN WALLIS ROAD:
AS THIS WILL ONLY COUNT AS ONE OBJECTION, PLEASE SEND YOUR OWN OBJECTION AND ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO DO SO AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS PUT YOUR FULL POSTAL ADDRESS ON THE LETTER AND MAKE THE FEW CHANGES NECESSARY SO THAT THE EMAIL LETTER IS FROM YOU.
OBJECTIONS WILL STILL BE RECEIVED BY THE LLDC UNTIL THE APPLICATION GOES TO THE LLDC PLANNING COMMITTEE.
See January 2015 Newsletter for Press Release and three EEWG letters of objection re Swan Wharf.
Tom Ridge
|
|
Further information
Planning application details on LLDC website
14/00262/FUL Swan Wharf, Fish Island, E3 2NQ (comment here)
14/00387/FUL 80-84 & 88, Wallis Road, Hackney, E9 5LW (comment here)
You can comment on these applications by clicking the comment here links above or by writing (quoting the application number) to:
Anthony Hollingsworth
Director of Planning Policy and Decisions
London Legacy Development Corporation
Level 10, 1 Stratford Place
Montfichet Road
E20 1EJ
Email: planningenquiries@londonlegacy.co.uk
But please remember that personal circumstances and opinions are not "material planning considerations" so your letter must also refer to LLDC policies, as set out in the November Conservation Area documents and in the Local Plan (for examples see EEWG letters - EEWG Newsletter archive here)
|
|
 |
East End Waterway Group
PATRON JIM FITZPATRICK MP POPLAR AND LIMEHOUSE
Local residents, schools, community groups, amenity societies and businesses working with the Canal & River Trust, Tower Hamlets Council and others for the protection and beneficial use of the six mile waterway ‘ring’, its historic buildings, structures and habitats.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
