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DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT

PROPOSED EXTENSION TO

20 THE SANDS

WHALLEY

BB7 9TL

Applicant: Mr + Mrs P Edwards

20 The Sands Whalley BB7 9TL

Architect: Karl Zaldats BA(Hons) Dip Arch Dist RIBA Chartered Architects Hathersage Barn Moorside Lane

Woodplumpton Preston PR4 0TB December 2014

DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT Proposed extension to 20, The Sands, Whalley

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1 ASSESMENT

1.1 The property is half of a pair of semis, built circa 1930’s, and is situated on the north side

of The Sands, a road running parallel to the River Calder and which passes by Whalley

Abbey . Vehicular and pedestrian access to the house is directly off The Sands via a

tarmac drive.

1.2 The property is within the conservation area.

1.3 The house is in the Arts + Crafts style and is of traditional construction consisting of

pebble dashed masonry walls with stone detailing, with slate hipped and gabled roofs on

timber traditional rafter/purlin roofs to the main house, along with timber ground and

upper floors and white uPVC glazed windows and doors, all heated with a water borne

gas fired central heating system.

1.4 To the front of the house there is a garden and tarmac drive/parking area. Down the side

of the property is a tarmac drive leading to an old prefabricated single garage and rear

garden. This tarmac drive is about 300mm lower than the adjoining drive.

1.5 Although the house has a variety of sized rooms, the current owners are keen to extend

and remodel the internal layout of the existing house to provide additional living spaces

to suit their current family’s requirements. The proposals include for extending the kitchen

and opening up the rear dining room as part of the kitchen area, as well as incorporating

a ground floor wc and utility room.

1.6 There is an existing prefabricated detached single garage in the rear garden which is to

be removed. This garage is substandard and is not used to garage vehicles due to the

width of the drive and the proximity to the house, making manoeuvring of vehicles difficult.

2 INVOLVEMENT

2.1 No Pre-Application enquiry has been submitted to the Local Planning Authority.

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3 EVALUATION

3.1 The property is situated within the conservation area and any extensions require the

benefit of Planning Approval.

3.2 The main body of the proposed extension requires the removal of two small rear bays as

well as the removal of the prefabricated single garage to the rear garden.

3.3 The proposed rear extension is to be approximately 3.5m deep and have a width of

about 7.65m. A narrower extension of about 1.3m wide and 8.3m long is planned down

the side of the house which will house the wc and utility areas, and shall be integrated via

a hipped roof into the larger rear extension. The height of the mono-ridge is to be set to

allow lead flashings to be built into the main existing external walls with out altering the

existing windows. The mono ridge heights from finished floor level will be about 3.7m for

the rear extension and about 3m for the side extension. The eaves heights will be about

2.5m.

3.4 The footprint of the existing dwelling is about 55m2 and the proposed extension has a

foot print of about 33m2, which increases the foot print by about 60%.

3.5 The foot print of the detached garage which is to be demolished is about 17m2, which

reduces the overall increase of additional building foot print to about 29%.

3.6 The total proposed extended foot print of the house will be about 25% of the plot area,

which is about 345m2.

3.7 If the property was not in a conservation area, then we feel that the proposals would fall

within ‘Permitted Development Rights’ and would not require the benefit of planning

approval.

3.8 It is noted that a larger two storey extension has been previously approved to a similar

house style at no 16, The Sands (your ref: 3/2009/0365P) which incorporated a rear

extension and a side extension, which follows our proposals but in a two storey format.

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4 DESIGN

4.1 The proposed extension has been designed to reflect and incorporate elements and

materials of the existing house.

4.2 The proposal is for a single storey rear and side extension which is very low key and will

have minimal impact on neighbouring properties. The proposed extensions do not create

any over looking issues.

4.3 The roofs to the extensions will be mono pitched slate roofs with a hipped element where

the rear and side extensions meet, which provides a neat practical solution and will fit

under te existing window cills without interfering with the existing windows.

4.3 The proposals incorporate high performance powder coated aluminium glazed bi-folding

doors which from the main area onto the garden which integrates the internal areas and

garden areas, ideally suited for modern family living, and the proposals will enable much

of the rear garden to be retained.

4.4 The proposals take into account the rebuilding of the section of retaining wall between

the adjacent drives, whilst retaining access down the side of the property connecting the

front and rear gardens and enabling maintenance of the building as well as allowing

refuse containers to be easily moved.

4.5 A series of Velux roof lights will provide light to the new and remodelled areas, which will

give a contemporary feel to the interiors.

4.8 The glazing is to meet with necessary requirements in terms of safety glazing and are to

meet or better the current ‘U’ values as required under current Building Regulations

requirements.

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4 DESIGN (cont.)

4.9 The walls are to be of traditional construction with insulated cavity walls with the external

face being pebble dashed with stone detailing to match with the existing walls, but with

insulation standards that exceeds the existing and meets/betters the values required

under building regulations at the time of construction.

4.10 The roofs are to be of traditional, mono pitched rafter construction with associated steel

beams where required, all of which are to be insulated to insulation standards that

exceeds the existing and meets/betters the values required under building regulations at

the time of construction. The existing roofs are covered with blue slates, and the new roof

slopes are to have matching slates.

4.11 The existing heating, lighting and power installations will be extended to serve the new

extension, and the existing gas meter and external housing will be relocated to make way

for the extension.

4.12 The existing drains run down the side drive and the new/altered drains will connect into

these.

5 ACCESS

5.1 There are no alterations or implications on the vehicular and pedestrian access to the

house.

5.2 External and internal door and corridor widths will meet and/or better the requirements of

the Building Regulations at the time of a Building Regulations application being submitted.

5.3 There is ample hardstanding to the front and remaining side drive to park at least 3no

cars off street.

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6 SCHEDULE OF MATERIALS

6.1 The proposals are for a very low key domestic extension to the rear of an existing 1930’s

dwelling house, and the materials to the new extension are to ‘match’ with the existing

where possible. Obviously the new and existing materials will not match exact due to the

decades of weathering the existing surfaces/materials have been subjected to.

6.2 As such, it is expected/hoped that any approval will not have any Conditions attached

requiring materials to be submitted to and be approved by the LPA.

6.3 The existing pitched roofs to the existing house are natural blue slate with clay hip/ridge

tiles, and the new extension is to have similar matching blue slated roof with clay hip tiles.

6.4 The existing external walls to the existing house have a pebble dashed surface with

stone quoins to the corners, and the new extension is to be constructed from insulated

cavity external walls which will be pebble dashed and have similar stone detailed stone

quoins to match as near as possible with the existing, in texture, colour and sizing.

6.5 The existing window units are double glazed white uPVC frames with matching cills, and

the proposed windows are to match with the existing. The new windows facing the road

are to have leaded light detailing to match with the existing.

6.6 The new mono pitched roofs are to incorporate small Velux roof lights

6.7 The new large rear doors are to be high performance white powder coated aluminium bi-

folding doors/frames with double glazed units.

6.8 Where disturbed, the side drive is to be repaired in tarmac to match with the existing

surface.

6.9 Paths around the side and rear of the extension are to be Indian Stone flags, which is to

be used to form a patio area out side of the bi-folding doors.

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6 SCHEDULE OF MATERIALS (Cont.)

6.10 Boundary fences are to be as existing and where damaged/missing are to be replaced

like for like.

6.11 Sections of dwarf retaining wall (approx 300mm high) between the side drive and

adjacent drive are to be tidied up and replaced like for like to stabilise any further

movement.

7 HERITAGE STATEMENT

7.1 Although the property lies within a Conservation Area in Whalley adjacent to the Abbey,

the proposals are restricted to the side and rear of a domestic property, which will not be

seen in context with the Abbey, or from public areas.

7.2 The proposals are single storey, low key and have been designed with materials that will

blend in with the existing property, thus having minimal impact of the immediate environs.

8 FLOOD RISK

8.1 Being near to a water course, a Flood Risk Assessment form is attached at the rear of

this document.

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December 2014 KZA/220 Karl Zaldats BA(Hons) Dip Arch Dist RIBA Chartered Architect Hathersage Barn Moorside Lane Woodplumpton Preston PR4 0TB t: 01772 691 712 m: 07770 976 548 e: kzarchitect@btinternet.com