9 Flats in Waverley Road, Enfield

The photo at the top of the post shows plans for a new building on the site on garages in Enfield. 3 storeys, and not even all the parking will be going.

34 Flat Office Conversion in Lampton Road, Hounslow

Plans in for an office-to-residential conversion using permitted development for 34 flats.

8 Flat Reconfiguration on a Pont Street, Knightsbridge House

An existing 5 flat house, spread over 6 floors, will be converted into 8 flats under plans lodged with Kensington & Chelsea Council.

5 Houses near Barking Road in East Ham

A car repair facility in East Ham is chopping off its back-end in order to create space for 5 new build houses, under plans lodged with Newham Council. Recently flats in the next door were listed for only £100,000!

Roof Extension for 5 Flats in The Broadway, Cheam

Sutton Council received plans for a new second and third floor to provide five flats.

8 Flats in Great Central Avenue, Ruislip

A side extension to an existing office building for eight flats, mostly on the site of a car park.

3 Storey, 6 Flat Building in Roe Green, Kingsbury

Another garage block redevelopment, this time for six flats.

5 Flats on Tavistock Road, Croydon

Yet another car park of an existing apartment block will be going for five flats, this time in Croydon.

Extension and Refurb for 5 Flats in Red Lodge Road, West Wickham

Plans in to convert restaurant offices and prep areas, as well as adding extensions, in order to provide five flats.

17 Flat Nursing Home Conversion in Isleworth

A former care home will be converted into 17 private flats under plans lodged with Hounslow Council.

Office conversion and 2 Storey Extension for 9 Flats in The Walnuts, Orpington

These flats would be great for anyone who ever fancied living in a shopping centre. They’ll be provided across two sites close to each other in the centre of Orpington.

Extension and Flat Rejig in High Street, Barnet

Plans in to reconfigure four flats into 4 flats, plus adding an additional floor to create another four flats on Barnet’s High Street.

Backlands Office 6 Flat Conversion in Church Way, Edgware

Plans in to convert the first floor of an rather oddly located office block into 6 flats in Edgware. The access appears to be entirely along a long path.

The developer of the site is Lamington UK, who are a short term apartment rental provider. It’s not clear if their intention with this site is to operate serviced apartments here, or if these will be for the traditional residential markets.

Existing site photo credit: Google.

The current block houses a Halfords on the ground floor, with five upper floors of flats. It’s not clear if the extension will be on the top of the existing building, bringing it up to eight storeys, or if it will be to the front which is currently a car park for the shop, or to the side or rear, as no documents have been uploaded with the application.

The current building is similar in height to its neighbours, but makes poor use of the plot and is located significantly further from the road that its neighbours, detracting from the streetscape.

The application has been submitted by agent Rapleys, no applicant details are available. The last time a flat sold in Mortlake House it fetched £277,000 in early 2010 for a two bed, although this seems to be below the going rate for the building.

Existing building photo credit: Google StreetView.

The plans propose converting the four office buildings closest to the Great West Road of the total of six in the office development. Across the four buildings there will be 93 studios, 129 one bed flat and 46 two bed flats, if plans are approved. Hounslow Council have very limited scope for objection under permitted development rules, limited to transport, flooding and similar dangers or if the previous use was not as claimed.

The area of the site is large – 1.5 hectares – and the current buildings are quite substantial post-modern office blocks. Among the current and former tenants is Sky television.The plans, submitted by Sackville UKPEC4 Brentford (GP) Ltd will see some of the flats only face onto a small internal courtyard, although the majority will have views of the outside.

Flat sizes are somewhat small, but not as small as many permitted development schemes. One one floor plan, drawn up by Spratley Studios, studios range from 29 to 39sqm, one beds from 40sqm to 54sqm and two bed flats from 55 to 66sqm. Permitted Development means that standard room size regulations do not have to be followed.

Existing site photos credit: Google Streetview.

The scoping application has been submitted on behalf of Essential Living, who exclusively build for-rent apartments, and who are currently converting the Archway Tower into flats.

As this is a scoping application we don’t yet have any renders of the project, although we do know the project is called High Street East. Car parking, presumably mainly for the store, will be provided in the basement. The overall site measures 0.63 hectares and is currently around half store, half car park.

Photo credit: Google streetview.

Plans for Albany Riverside, on the High Street, has been submitted by developer London Green. They plan to submit two separate applications, one for the Albany Riverside site, and also one for a side in Half Acre where the Watermans Arts Centre will be relocated, alongside flats on both sites.

Albany Riverside contains Max Factor House office block and the Watermans Arts Centre, while Half Acre contains the former 13 storey Police Station.

The Albany Riverside will contain 200 of the 300 flats, and also contain the gym and cafe. It will reach up to 10 storeys, and also allow walking alongside the Thames.

The Half Acre site will contain 100 apartments in buildings up to six storeys, as well as including the Arts Centre, a cinema, theatre, studios and eatery.

Sadly there’s no renders with the planning application as it’s only scoping at this page, although the developers website did provide a single image.

It also means the applicant only has to pay £80 for their application, and the council can only object on grounds on traffic, flood risk and on the basis of other dangers.

The site already benefits from planning for 228 flats from an application in 2015. The new application proposes 205 studio flats, and 27 one bed flats. Hounslow has been a popular location for office-to-residential conversions.

Many of the flats will have windows only onto an internal courtyard, that currently has a glazed ceiling. This isn’t unprecedented, a scheme from Galliard in the area also contained a similar layout.

The developer is Investream, the agent Brunel Planning and the architect Alan Camp Architects. The building is five storeys tall, and houses offices for GE Capital among others.