Dear Local Residents,

There is a planning application for a really inappropriate building next door to the fine Victorian church now the Cathedral on Trinity Road, opposite Trinity Gardens.

HGY/2015/0062 22 Trinity Road, N22 8LB

Look at

http://www.planningservices.haringey.gov.uk/portal/servlets/Applica...

This is a Conservation Area, and any new buildings should be of a high quality and enhance the conservation area. This building is wrong in so many ways. But you look and YOU decide and if you feel that it should be refused please do tell the Haringey planners.

The following extracts from the Trinity Gardens Conservation Area Character Appraisal might come in useful:

Policy G2:Development and Urban Design:-

“Development should be of high quality design and contribute to the character of the local environment in order to enhance the overall quality, sustainability, attractiveness, and amenity of the built environment”

8.18 Policy UD4: Quality Design:-

“Any proposals for developments and alterations or extensions, which require planning permission or listed building consent, will be expected to be of high design quality.

The spatial and visual character of the development site and the surrounding area/street scene should be taken into account in the design of schemes submitted for approval. The following, often inter-related, elements should be addressed in a positive way:

a) urban grain and enclosure;

b) building lines;

c) form, rhythm and massing;

d) layout;

e) height and scale;

f) landform, soft and hard landscape, trees and biodiversity;

g) fenestration (i.e. window design together with the positioning, or arrangement of the window openings in the wall);

h) architectural style, detailing and materials;

1. historic heritage context, including listed buildings and their setting, locally listed buildings, conservation areas and archaeological areas;

   AND

   8.19 Policy CSV1: Development in Conservation Areas:-

   “The Council will require that proposals affecting Conservation Areas:

   a) preserve or enhance the historic character and qualities of the buildings and/or the Conservation Area;

   b) recognise and respect the character and appearance of Conservation Areas;

   c) protect the special interest of buildings of architectural or historic interest.”

Let us hope this one will not get built.

Caroline Simpson