Jackson Ng at East & South Bucks Area Planning Committee, 13 January 2026
PL/25/3469/FA - 40 Woodside Avenue, Beaconsfield HP9 1JH (part 2 of 3)
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I'm an expert on architectural things or design codes. But if I was walking down the street on that street, which I have and actually cycled there many times and walk my dogs around there. You're right. There are different characters in relation to types of builds, you know, the frontage of it, et cetera, et cetera. But what they all sort of scream out to me, certainly in terms of density or character, is the fact that most of them are, you know, if they are detached, you know, the side areas they have, they're quite spacious. If they're semi -detached, they're not as... I think what I'm trying to emphasise is the distance between the properties is a character. And with this proposed development, it would bring the space between the properties much closer than the other properties on the street are currently with their neighbours. And I think that impacts character and to a degree it goes to its density. So when we talk about character, you know, some might think, well, actually, it's how it looks and, you know, what kind of windows, what kind of bricks, you know, what kind of rules. But actually, I'm looking at how close they are to neighbours because, you know, they are quite well -spaced at the moment. But if we start having many, many of these applications coming in where they're all so close or one metre away from the neighbour, it impacts the character of the area. So I hope that helps. Thank you. And you started to mention but didn't get to finish. Which... You were talking about...
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