Monthly Archives: October 2018

In the past week Essex County Council granted permission for the expansion of Brightside Primary School in Billericay as follows: “The construction of a new 2 storey standalone building, to provide 9no. classrooms, specialist food/technology & science classroom, SEN and group rooms, reprographics and ancillary facilities; extension of the existing staff room and a new multi-use games area together with associated parking and landscaping works to allow the expansion of the existing school from a 2FE to a 3FE Infant & Junior School.” The application site was Brightside County Junior And Infant School, Brightside, Billericay, Essex. CM12 0LE. Essex CC’s planning application reference was CC/BAS/15/18. (Image: Ingleton Wood) Kronen were working for KIER / Essex CC alongside Resolution Planning (agent), Ingleton Wood and Wynne-Williams (designers). The planning application was supported by Kronen’s Transport Statement. The Transport Statement was prepared in accordance with … Continue reading →

Recently Epsom & Ewell Borough Council granted permission for a residential development. The application site comprised of a mixed use building on Ewell High Street. The application sought extensions and alterations to the building to provide 3 new dwellings. Due to site constraints all 3 new dwellings were proposed as “care free” / “zero parking”. The Transport Statement report set out the existing site, the site’s accessibility using sustainable transport modes, the adjoining highway network, the proposals, the proposal’s transport impact and integration with planning policy and guidance. Parking was main transport matter in the Transport Statement and “material considerations” such as planning precedents and local car ownership Census data were used to justify the zero parking provision alongside Policy DM 37 and Annexe 2 Borough-wide Parking Standards of Development Management Policies Document (Epsom & Ewell BC, 2015), Parking Standards for Residential Development Supplementary Planning Document (Epsom … Continue reading →

Croydon Council approve a planning application for a new house on Lower Addiscombe Road in Croydon. The application was supported by Kronen’s parking stress study report carried out in accordance with the “Lambeth Methodology” (‘Lambeth Council Parking Survey Guidance Note‘ (Lambeth Council, 2012)). The proposal was for 1 dwelling without off-street parking (due to the physical constraints of the site), accordingly the potential for overspill parking and associated parking impact had to be assessed in the parking stress study. The parking stress study justified the proposal in accordance with Development Plan policies and National Planning Policy Framework. Croydon’s planning reference was 18/02833; application site was 158 Lower Addiscombe Road, Croydon, CR0 6AG. (Note that a holding transport technical note is on the online case file for 18/02833, however the parking stress study report was submitted after the application was validated … Continue reading →

Kronen have recently worked with Undercurrent Architects on full planning proposals for a site in Finchley. The site is triangular piece of vacant undeveloped land with a large central oak tree at Osborn Gardens / Devonshire Road / Aberdare Gardens. In terms of planning the site had almost been sterilized for future applications by 3 recent refusals / dismissed appeals. The proposal sought 3 dwellings with off-street parking. The main transport issues addressed in the Transport Statement Technical Note for the proposal were the proposed shared surface new site accesses, site layout, parking provisions and traffic related amenity issues. The full planning application was recently approved at LB Barnet planning committee. The development will be known as “Oak Tree Mews” Finchley. The LB Barnet application number was “18/2546/FUL”. Didier Ryan of Undercurrent Architects has been kind enough to provide the … Continue reading →

Kronen have recently worked with Goater Jones Architects on pre-app and full planning proposals for a site on Send Barns Lane in Send, Woking (within Guildford Borough Council). The full planning proposal sought 4 dwellings with off-street parking. The main transport issues for the proposal were: new site access, site layout and parking provisions. The full planning application was recently approved. The Guildford BC application number was “18/P/00551” and the description was as follows “Demolition of the existing detached bungalow and replacement with 4 new dwellings (2 pairs of semi-detached houses), together with associated refuse, cycle and parking facilities, and new driveway access.” (Images: Goater Jones) Contact Kronen Limited using either info@www.kronenlimited.com or 020 8541 1139 if you need a Transport Statement for a site in Guildford.

Over the past couple of years Kronen has worked with Wimshurst Pelleriti on Richmond Housing Partnership’s proposals for “Sommerville House” in the Whitton area of Twickenham / Richmond. The proposals sought to provide 21 residential sheltered care units (8 × 2-bedroom unit, 13 × 1-bedroom units) for over 55 year olds. The proposal also included numerous communal and garden spaces for a small kitchen / café, library and multipurpose spaces for wellbeing activities. The proposal included no off-street car parking but did allow for scooters. The London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames’ planning reference was “16/3506”. The application was recently unanimously approved at LBR planning committee. (Images: Wimshurst Pelleriti) Contact Kronen Limited using either info@www.kronenlimited.com or 020 8541 1139 if you need a Transport Statement for a site in Whitton.