the scale and massing of the proposed additional floor extension importantly sets back in order to reduce visual impact from street level and is in keeping with the architectural style of the consented development currently under construction.
The appearance of the proposed top floor is contemporary, and is designed as per the 6th Floor of the consented development, with the use of full height
curtain wall glazing and sliding panels; hence creating a discrete, lightweight modern extension that is further recessed from the main industrial Victorian building
form. At eight storeys tall, the overall building form has significantly less impact than many of the taller buildings in the immediate area. In terms of massing,
the proposed extension maintains the existing consented development’s more horizontal proportion similar to the adjacent Mead Close 1930’s mansion
block, i.e. width is greater than height.
Belmont Street Rear Extension - London
