London Apartments and Houses [scratch building]

[Adamphillip]

Good evening everyone with my current OO gauge project I have to build 16 ft worth of apartment blocks for the back scene.

If anyone has any photos of these apartments and houses please can you post them below I need some help with details.

 

The apartments I am going to build will be fully lit low relief, they will be lit and the lights will be controlled by an Arduino so that they come on at random timings for roughly 2 minutes to coincide with the day night cycle lighting that I'll be installing on the layout

[phil_sutters]

Have you tried Google Earth street view?

 https://www.google.com/maps/@51.5506112,-0.1172772,3a,75y,351.45h,88.03t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sd4T2f1CvPTX61CUXs46Nqg!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3Dd4T2f1CvPTX61CUXs46Nqg%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D46.84404%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656

 

and

 

https://www.google.com/maps/@51.5511007,-0.1151469,3a,60y,272.82h,95.21t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sz1BnhTHEyuZq7yTqP54dWQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

Edited May 18, 2019 by phil_sutters
Additional info

[Adamphillip]

4 minutes ago, phil_sutters said:

Have you tried Google Earth street view? https://www.google.com/maps/@51.5506112,-0.1172772,3a,75y,351.45h,88.03t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sd4T2f1CvPTX61CUXs46Nqg!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3Dd4T2f1CvPTX61CUXs46Nqg%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D46.84404%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656

for the houses yes, but the track side apartment buildings are a bit trickier

[Damo666]

2 hours ago, Adamphillip said:

Good evening everyone with my current OO gauge project I have to build 16 ft worth of apartment blocks for the back scene.

If anyone has any photos of these apartments and houses please can you post them below I need some help with details.

 

The apartments I am going to build will be fully lit low relief, they will be lit and the lights will be controlled by an Arduino so that they come on at random timings for roughly 2 minutes to coincide with the day night cycle lighting that I'll be installing on the layout

 

For your last image of the flats to the railway line:

Difficult to find any good drawings on the Local Authority planning portal, surprising as it seems to have been built recently (circa 2004 +/-).

 

This search result has some scanned drawings:

https://planning.islington.gov.uk/aniteim.websearch/(S(kaz0bp55vn411sfk3skiy2jg))/Results.aspx

 

You should be able to download drawings such as these:

 

and

 

This search result also has some drawings relating to the discharge of planning conditions, so they don't have the whole scheme. But there might be something that you can find of use:

https://planning.islington.gov.uk/aniteim.websearch/(S(vkt5bz55w1zxzl55zbx30455))/Results.aspx

 

[Adamphillip]

13 hours ago, Damo666 said:

For your last image of the flats to the railway line:

Difficult to find any good drawings on the Local Authority planning portal, surprising as it seems to have been built recently (circa 2004 +/-).

 

This search result has some scanned drawings:

https://planning.islington.gov.uk/aniteim.websearch/(S(kaz0bp55vn411sfk3skiy2jg))/Results.aspx

 

You should be able to download drawings such as these:

 

and

 

This search result also has some drawings relating to the discharge of planning conditions, so they don't have the whole scheme. But there might be something that you can find of use:

https://planning.islington.gov.uk/aniteim.websearch/(S(vkt5bz55w1zxzl55zbx30455))/Results.aspx

 

that first scan is exactly what I needed

[Damo666]

40 minutes ago, Adamphillip said:

that first scan is exactly what I needed

I enjoy a challenge.

 

But it was late last night and I had already gone down a few rabbit holes before finding the right planning application. I trust you found all the other drawing downloads on the first link. There should be (I haven't checked them all) should be a site layout plan, that will position the whole building on the site, and might even include some of the roadway / pavement. Overall dimensions too if you are lucky.

 

Best of luck.

[Adamphillip]

25 minutes ago, Damo666 said:

I enjoy a challenge.

 

But it was late last night and I had already gone down a few rabbit holes before finding the right planning application. I trust you found all the other drawing downloads on the first link. There should be (I haven't checked them all) should be a site layout plan, that will position the whole building on the site, and might even include some of the roadway / pavement. Overall dimensions too if you are lucky.

 

Best of luck.

sadly the link you posted doesn't work

[Damo666]

Sorry about that. Looks like it's connected to my session only.

 

Go the the Islington Council website, Planning Department:

https://www.islington.gov.uk/planning/applications/comment

 

Click the Search box

 

On the next page, put in any of the three planning reference numbers I have listed in the search box:

 

 

On the results page, click the link to the left:

 

 

At the bottom of the page you will see 'Related Documents' click there.

 

 

You will then see the drawings in PDF format.

 

Application No.: P061285 (Land on the Northern side of Hornsey Street lying adjacent to the East Coast Mainline, London, N7 (The site forms part of the Lough Road East development area). This seems to be one of the more useful planning applications for you, but its not the original full planning application. 

 

Application No.: P062310 Has some external landscaping drawings from the 1 drawing I looked at .

Worth having a look also P041231(MA02)

 

Regards

Damo