Sunrise appeal

Ward councillors attended all days of the appeal enquiry and Paul Johnston spoke to the enquiry on the third morning.

Opposing the appeal he said that,

• if allowed, the appeal would lead to the replacement of four serviceable family homes and gardens with what would amount to the biggest building in Surbiton Hill ward.
• He also drew attention to earlier infrastructure problems in the area, where Victorian drains had given problems in the past and pointed out that the Sunrise development would involve a substantial increase in the number of toilets, baths, washbasins and kitchen sinks discharging into the system.
• The question had also been raised as to whether the home if built would constitute a ‘home for life’ for the residents. It would be expensive to live there and nursing care was not envisaged in the plans. It would follow that residents could well become a burden on the already overstretched resources of Kingston Social Services and the heavily indebted Primary Care Trust.