Does a picture tell a thousand words?

A number of Putney residents have requested that this blog draw attention to the inadequacy of the shadow diagrams submitted by the developers as part of the “Putney Place” planning application documentation.

They feel that the developers are attempting to downplay the amount of daylight / sunlight access that many residential properties would lose if the Putney Place development goes ahead. To demonstrate this point, they note that the developers have buried the shadow diagrams for the proposal deep in “Appendix 10.4” of their Environmental Statement. Because the developers would prefer that you didn’t find this easily, here is a nice quick link that you can click on to bring you straight to the diagrams as uploaded onto Wandsworth Council’s website:

http://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/apply/doc/Report-1859522.pdf?extension=.pdf&wmTransparency=0&id=1859522&wmLocation=0&location=VOLUME6&contentType=application%2Fpdf&wmName=+&pageCount=53

Although these shadow diagrams are alarming, they are far from the “worst case” scenario. The developers have only provided the Council with shadow diagrams for March and June, rather than shadow diagrams showing impact over the entire year. So while we know that shadows are at their most extreme in the winter solstice in December……these diagrams give us no indication whatsoever as to what the shadows will be like at the "worst case" time of year (December).

Their shadow diagrams also fail to show the full extent of the shadows – they are far too limited in their coverage, excluding many properties which will be impacted upon.....while some of the shadows continue beyond the edge of the drawings!

It is not too late to write your objection letter to Wandsworth Council and raise concerns regarding the overshadowing impacts of this proposal. If you have already objected, but did not raise concerns about overshadowing, you can of course write again to the Council, citing this as a further objection! Please try to submit your objections to the Council by Friday, 17 October (this coming Friday).