Rear of Fairfax Mansions planning application for new car parking/bins/landscaping

Flytipping and mess on the land behind Fairfax Mansions has been a perennial problem we have been trying to tackle.

Now there is a planning application from owners Fairfax Mansions LLP, presumably linked to their current work on the Mansions block itself. Application number is 2011/2533/P and comments are due by 27/7 - by email to env.devcon@camden.gov.uk.

The description of the application is:

"Use of land to rear of Fairfax Mansions as 27 bay car parking area providing 10 spaces for the commercial units on Finchley Road and 17 spaces for visitors to the comercial uses and/or the residential flats above together with landscaping, bicycle storage cage and bin storage areas."

The plans can be seen at:

http://planningonline.camden.gov.uk/MULTIWAM/doc/Proposed%20Drawing-2870913.pdf?extension=.pdf&id=2870913&location=VOLUME3&contentType=application/pdf&pageCount=1"

At first glance this may well clean up what is really an eyesore area, the issue however is just how many parking spaces are being squeezed onto the site - looking at the site today it's difficult to envisage 27 car parked there, as well as bike stands and rubbish bin storage. We trust Camden planners will assess all this carefully, including the position of the several trees on the site, which do soften the visual impact and are important for all residents nearby. We have written to planners on these points.

Note that the access road is not part of the application site - this is a Camden owned private road giving access to the Chalford housing block car park as well as servicing for what is now Peacocks.