07 Vauxhall Square, item 6. PDF 626 KB - Lambeth Council

5.24 London Underground Infrastructure Protection: No representations received.
5.25 Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE): Comments
received stating the following:
• We welcome the removal of Miles Street North from the scheme and the
relocation of the children’s playspace to the rear of the listed terrace.
However, we think the relocation of Vauxhall Square South and Vauxhall
Square East alongside the increase in height of Miles Street South further
compromises how functional and comfortable the Miles Street public space
will be and we question to what extent this space will be used.
• We welcome the enlargement of the Vauxhall Square and the desire to
introduce more greenery into the landscape design.
• The landscape approach for the whole scheme should facilitate a
comfortable pedestrian environment to encourage people to linger and
include playable space for children’s and amenity space for teenagers.
• The local planning authority should be assured that the scale of the
development does not compromise the environmental quality of these
space by being windswept and overshadowed.
• The introduction of two three-storey ‘bookend’ buildings to frame the
entrance into the development off Wandsworth Road will help make this
entrance noticeable gateway, assisting the aspiration to create a strong
pedestrian route through the site and deliver activity into Vauxhall Square.
• The ‘bookend’ buildings better integrate the listed terrace into the scheme
layout.
• The new pedestrian link is welcomed between Bondway and Vauxhall
Square and the introduction of an office entrance off Bondway. However,
we are concerned about the dominance of servicing and vehicular access
along this street and think the development could contribute more to
improve its character.
• The re-alignment of Vauxhall Square North and Vauxhall Square South has
strengthened the visual connection between the pedestrian covered
passages at the base of these two buildings.
• We like the elegance of the two tall buildings, their materiality and
proportions and the tracery form of the elevation.
5.26 Cinema and Theatre Association: No representations received.
5.27 Design for London: No representations received.
5.28 English Heritage: Comments received raising concern that the proposals harm
the setting of the Grade I Listed Royal Festival Hall, Grade II* listed Batersea
Power Station, and the Grade I listed registered landscape of Trafalgar Square
and as such believe that there is clear and convincing justification for this harm.
On this basis the scheme cannot be supported, which has much to admire in
terms of its urban design, relationship to the listed terrace and materiality of the
medium-rise buildings which reference the industrial heritage of the area. The
proposed development should be redesigned so they conform with the
guidelines on building heights set out in the VNEBOA Planning Framework.