PLANS have been submitted to demolish a deteriorating seafront home in St Lawrence and replace it with two apartments intended as a multi-generational family home.
The application, submitted by Steen Lutz, proposes knocking down Windsor Villa and its garage on La Route de la Haule and constructing a three-storey building containing a one-bedroom ground-floor apartment and a four-bedroom duplex above.
The approximately 640m² site faces St Aubin’s Bay and is exposed to high winds, driving rain and sea spray.
Supporting documents describe Windsor Villa as a two-storey home with a pitched roof, built in a “traditional three-bay style”. A single-storey, flat-roofed extension was added to the rear in the 1970s.
Both the house and detached garage are said to show signs of “significant long-term deterioration” and a “lack of maintenance”.
A previous application to create a one-bedroom flat and three-bedroom home on the site was refused in February.
Planning officers found that its height, scale and design would result in an “unreasonable overlooking” of neighbouring properties and create an overbearing impact on a home to the north.
They also said the application had failed to “adequately demonstrate” why Windsor Villa could not be retained in its existing form or extended.
The proposed building was considered larger than the existing property and would not “positively contribute” to the distinctiveness of the area.
The latest plans have reduced the scale and massing of the development, as well as the amount of glazing at the rear.
The applicants say the revised design is “in character” with surrounding properties and that the potential for overlooking has been considerably reduced.
