Gilbert Scott House, Flax Bourton PROFESSIONAL PLANNING APPRAISAL
5. DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL
5.1 The site is considered suitable for either residential redevelopment or conversion to
provide a single house, two houses or multiple apartments (Use Class C3).
5.2 A redevelopment proposal has the potential to produce a single large dwelling on
the site of the existing building, or two separate houses. The latter is limited to two
on the basis that the site needs to remain in character with the houses on the other
side of the access drive, which are all set within good-sized curtilages with breathing
space around the building.
5.3 Alternatively, a single new building has the potential to provide apartments, subject
to space restrictions, parking provision, and any resulting impact on the character
of the area (see Development Principles, below).
5.4 The existing property, like the other four buildings on the other side of the access
drive, could be converted into residential use. Again, as a single large house or two
smaller houses, with a north-south divide resulting in a two-storey (plus roofspace)
dwelling to the south and a smaller single or one-and-a-half storey property to the
north.
5.5 There is also potential to convert the existing building into apartments, again subject
to space standards and parking provision . From the Agent’s plans, it appears as
though the ground floor can subdivide into three units, with an additional flat on the
first floor. Without a building survey, it is not possible to say at this stage whether the
roof spaces can be used to extend this accommodation.
Development Principles
5.6 The adjacent listed Coroner’s Court building, and its setting, will be a strong
consideration for the LPA when assessing any proposals that involve physical
development at the site. The care home building itself does not appear to be of
historical importance, given its twentieth century construction. However, an
application for residential development on this site should be supported by a
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