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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