Is that All Saints shop again...
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Latest plan remains a travesty... basically the same which was REJECTED last time.
Many people will recall that 2 years ago fashion store All Saints built a spectacular 'Victorianesque' plastic & glass shopfront on the prominent corner of Westbourne Grove & Portobello Road - a site formerly home to 300 antique dealers in Lipka antiques arcade. Planning permission played no part in the project. Following a public outcry, RBKC Planning Committee unanimously rejected a retrospective application for the new shopfront - on officers' recommendation.
The original approved plan was for genteel painted wood - 6 identical; symmetrical Victorian style shopfronts; each with a pair of glazed doors between 2 windows, with high upstands on Westbourne Grove. The Portobello flanking wall had to be largely painted stucco with a modest glazed door. The plans were appropriate for a conservation area; but have been airbrushed from history.
The new proposal is to strip away the notorious plastic cladding; attach a few bits of wood; paint alleged hardwood & install even more glass to the Portobello flanking wall. The shop windows will retain plastic 'lead' lights; despite the fact the 'lead' falls off the glass! Remarkably, officers now recommend the Committee to approve this architectural travesty.
At little over a week's notice, the Committee will reconsider the All Saints planning application at the Kensington Town Hall on Tuesday 25th October at 6 for 6.30pm; first item on the agenda. All those concerned for the authenticity of Victorian Kensington please join family & friends to support "Save the Portobello Road Market" campaign & the built environment."
Campaigners are saying: As per usual it is not to be found on the web site. The application ref is PP/10/03880 282-292 Westbourne Grove, W11 2PS. In this application there is not reference at all made to the ORIGINAL approved drawings. Why? Is the council or applicant hiding something?
Sent by the Save the Portobello Road Market Campaign.
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