Planning at Clifford Avenue
EastSheenMatters rarely comments on planning applications. Clifford House at the corner of Clifford Avenue and the Upper Richmond Road warrants a mention, because of its major impact on the local environment and the manner in which the development has proceeded.
The original proposal, approved in 2025, was for a building with eight residential units. Construction started. On 18 March 2026 the Richmond Planning Committee delegated to officers the approval of a new application for the erection of a part two, part three and part four storey building comprising of twelve residential units, nine x 1-bedroom units and three x 2-bedroom units, including cycle parking, refuse storage, hard and soft landscaping, amendments to site access and other associated works.
This is subject to the completion of a Section 106 Legal Agreement and sundry other matters.
The Richmond Council Planning website refers to the application as still live with a consultation expiry date of 25 March 2026.
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Rather than worrying about an improved building scheme, more interested in the state of our roads, including the appalling Sheen Lane, a major access highway to a Royal Park. And why the Sheen gate is blocked for traffic so residents have difficulty getting to Kingston and Roehamton. And what is to be done about the dreadful behaviour of cyclists.
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That’s raising a few buried issues! EMS is fortunate to be based in one of the few roads in the area which was completely relaid. Elsewhere there has been patching which never works for long. The closure of Sheen Gate is now unlikely to be revisited and views were split at the time. Cyclists? Regularly touched on in these columns. See below. One should say SOME cyclists but the do what you like lobby does seem to be quite strong and uncontrollable.
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