Drakefell Road

Local Planning Authority comments indicate that any new development would need to address the appropriate guidance within the Small Sites Design Guide SPD for this Infill site typology. The site is located within the Telegraph Hill Conservation Area. The site is also located within the Protected Vistas: Kenwood viewing gazebo to St Paul's Cathedral.

• There is no TPO on the property.
• The site is within the Telegraph Hill Conservation Area and any tree with a stem diameter of 7.5cm or greater is protected in that it requires submission of a prior 6-week notice for any proposed tree works.
• There is a mature sycamore tree ht.16m within the site (no.85) – see the tree report for planning application (dismissed on appeal) for 79 Drakefell Road to the rear, (DC/19/113422).
• There is hedge vegetation along the front (south side) of the site to Drakefell Road which is continuous with front hedge to adjacent properties 1-10 Greenstreet Hill.
• Both the mature sycamore and the frontage hedge vegetation contribute significantly to urban greening and streetscape amenity to this part of Drakefell Road.
• The property is also near to Telegraph Hill Upper Park to the northwest, which is a site of local importance for nature conservation.
• Careful considered is required in terms of the potential impacts of development to tree root protection areas, the long-term viability of trees in proximity to new development and disturbance of habitats and green infrastructure connectivity.