PPA | Hillside House, 1-2 Hillside, Cotham

Hillside House, 1- Hillside, Cotham PROFESSIONAL PLANNING APPRAISAL

2. INTRODUCTION

2.1 This PPA has been commissioned to identify the potential for the residential

conversion of Hillside House. It is understood that the property; an internally linked

semi-detached pair of Italianate style villas, are currently used as care home for

vulnerable people (Use Class C2).

2.2 The villas are in the Whiteladies Road Conservation Area and sit at the end of a

private road off Cotham Hill, which serves four other properties also arranged in

semi-detached pairs and Grade II listed. The Council’s online planning records

indicate that nos. 5 and 6 Hillside have both been converted into flats.

2.3 There is vehicular access to the property, with a long drive that leads to a parking

area.

2.4 It should be noted that no site visit has been undertaken to inform this appraisal and

a physical inspection by a conservation architect will be critical to establish which

features and walls are original, and therefore need to be retained. Equally,

specialist advice will establish where heritage gain can be secured, such as through

reinstatement of historic floor plan arrangements and the blocking up of existing

openings between the villas to return them back to separate buildings.

2.5 Notwithstanding the absence of a physical inspection or any specialist advice, it is

considered that there is potential to convert the villas back to separate dwellings or

into flatted accommodation. The number and size of the flats possible will be

dependent on the ability to alter the internal plan form, which will need to be

explored with a heritage specialist.

2.6 The potential for a conversion to small (C4) or large ( sui generis ) Houses in Multiple

Occupation (HMO), and student housing, is deemed to be limited due to the high

proportion of this type of accommodation within the area.

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