CASE STUDY · APPROVED

Obscure-glazed privacy screen for a first-floor roof terrace

Fulham Road, Fulham · London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham

Erection of an obscured glazed screen around part of the flat roof of a two-storey back addition, in connection with its use as a first-floor roof terrace with an existing wooden platform. We prepared existing and proposed drawings showing the screen in relation to the rear of the building.

Existing and proposed rear elevations showing the frosted glass screen at first-floor level (Existing and proposed rear elevations)

The site

The property is a terraced building with accommodation over lower ground, ground, first and second floors, and a two-storey back addition whose flat roof sits at first-floor level. The rear of the building faces a mews, and an existing timber decking platform sits on the back addition roof.

The challenge

Use of the back addition roof as a terrace raised questions of overlooking and privacy for neighbouring properties. The screen needed to be high enough to prevent views out while remaining a lightweight addition to the rear elevation.

What was submitted

Existing and proposed rear elevationsShowed frosted glass screen panels at first-floor level on the back addition roof, with levels of +3.83m (first floor), +6.76m (second floor) and +9.53m (roof) recorded on the drawing.
Existing section A-ARecorded the existing wooden platform on the back addition roof alongside the first-floor bedrooms and sitting room, with the lower ground floor at -2.87m.

Outcome

Planning permission was granted by the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham on 25 September 2023.

From the reports

Existing section through the building showing the timber platform on the back addition roof (Existing section A-A)

Images and findings are taken from the documents submitted with the planning application. The full application is available on the council's planning register.

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