Planning permission granted for our Eucalyptus House in Brixton Conservation Area

Planning permission has been granted for our proposals to maximise the footprint of our client’s compact Victorian mews home with a new rear kitchen extension and improve its thermal envelope. This unique mews property in Brixton, South London, accessed by a private pedestrian-only path, is one of six set within the Trinity Gardens Conservation Area.

An in-depth analysis of the site’s historic development over time alongside a collaborative approach with the Conservation Officer at Lambeth Council allowed the proposal, which doubles the footprint of the existing kitchen, to be secured. 

Our design for the extension to this historic property is subtly differentiated from the host building while still responding to its architectural character, scale and geometry through its sloped roof form and the use of a pale buff brick that harmonises with the existing London Stock brick. New ground floor ‘Crittal’ style windows and doors will have powder-coated, Eucalyptus green frames to reference a mature Eucalyptus tree that sits in the garden. 

Sustainable improvements in this project include internal insulation to existing walls, floors and roofs, floorboard restoration, front door draught-proofing and double-glazed, historically accurate timber sash replacement windows throughout. A variety of flowers and plant species around a re-designed garden terrace will support habitats for birds and insects and will provide both an attractive setting for the built proposals and a quiet retreat for the occupier.