Havering (Parliament Politics Magazine) – A proposal has been submitted in Havering to demolish a home on Cross Road, Romford, and replace it with five new houses, sparking local planning interest.
On Jamie Pickerill’s behalf, Form Architecture has filed a planning application to demolish the property located at 41 Cross Road in Romford and build five new family homes there.
Along with a new access road, private amenity area, on-site parking, and bike storage, this will contain four three-bedroom terraced homes and one four-bedroom detached home.
The current property is a detached, single-story home with “no architectural merit” and only three bedrooms, making it “underused for the size of the site,” according to the planning documents.
If plans are accepted, the four terraced dwellings will be built on the plot that currently serves as a private garden behind 41 Cross Road.
These residences will have “good transport links” to Romford town center and Collier Row.
According to the planning documents, the borough is experiencing a “shortage” of newly constructed three-bedroom or larger family homes, which these plans aim to address.
“Reflecting the scale and massing of the immediate area” is how Form Architecture characterizes the possible new properties’ design.
The current single-story home will be replaced with a two-story home if the development is approved, maintaining the pattern of single-story and two-story homes next to each other along Cross Road.
A “harmonious street scene and a sense of historic evolution of the street” would result from this, according to the proposals.
The planning team at Havering Council is anticipated to make a decision by July 11.
Why is the existing property at 41 Cross Road considered to have no architectural merit?
The main reason the current property at 41 Cross Road in Romford is deemed to have “no architectural merit” is that it is a detached, one-story home devoid of any noteworthy or distinctive architectural elements.
With only three bedrooms, it is deemed underutilized for the site’s size and does not enhance the area’s character or aesthetic appeal, according to the planning documents.
More generally, a structure is considered to have architectural merit if it adds to the visual or cultural legacy of its surroundings, has historical significance, or has intrinsic design quality. Properties that are deemed to have “no architectural merit” on the other hand frequently lack these characteristics; they could be simple, functional, or severely degraded.