We have been approached by Denhill Properties Ltd who own the site at Barrowsfield. You will recall that the residents of Barrowsfield were successful in upholding the covenant so that the large ugly block of flats could not be built and the developer of that scheme has since sold the site to Denhill.
In brief Denhill’s proposals are:
- To retain and refurbish the houses at numbers 2 and 3 Barrowsfield.
- To replace the two incongruous houses at 4 and 5 Barrowsfield with a terrace of 6 traditional style family houses.
- Create a car park for the new houses in part of the garden of number 3 Barrowsfield screened from the roadway with a fence and soft landscaping.
The new houses have been designed to respect and reflect the character of many of the current Sanderstead Village terraced buildings with paired gables and dormers and using arts and crafts materials and styling to be sympathetic to the existing Barrowsfield buildings and others on the West side of the Limpsfield Road. They have created a substantial soft frontage to the terrace that will allow trees to be planted to soften the transition from the recreation ground to the main shopping area. This along with the soft landscaping bed in front of the screen fencing around the car park will create an attractive frontage that we feel will positively contribution to the atmosphere of the village
You will see below that Denhill have looked at using render for the lower parts of the new houses but have also looked at facing bricks as an option as they are aware that Croydon Planning Department tends to dissuade its use.
Denhill prefer the rendered solution as they, and the other Barrowsfield residents, feel it is a more appropriate design solution and believe that the council’s reservations are mainly based on its use on larger blocks of flats where it is logistically far more difficult to maintain. They would be interested to find out which of the options SRA members would prefer.
Denhill are planning to hold a small exhibition at All Saints’ Church hall in the near future.
Sanderstead Residents' Association 
Hello – I think they should go with the option preferred by the residents of Barrowfield. This looks so much better than the previously proposed block of flats, and seems a much better solution and if the residents of Barrowfield are happy with it, I think everyone should support it.
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