Richmond Council has approved plans to convert an office building in Hampton Wick into three residential dwellings.

The application proposes "the change of use of the existing office building at Como House, Warwick Road, London KT1 4DW from Class E (commercial, business and service) to 3no. dwellings (Class C3)".

The floorspace in question is currently in use by two commercial tenants. The conversion subject to this Prior Approval will only be implemented once the existing tenants have relocated.

Como House consists of a two-storey building facing Warwick Road and Upper Teddington Road with a single storey addition at the north-west end of the building.

The building has been in use as offices since 1960.

The area subject to this application involves the entire building.

The area subject to this appication involves the entire building (Image via Richmond Council planning application documents)

Immediately adjacent to the site are residential properties to the north and west. Opposite across Warwick Road, to the south, is 11B Upper Teddington Road – another two-storey commercial office building.

Opposite across Upper Teddington Road are the flatted residential developments of Tabard House and Bushy Court to the north east.

The terraced houses on Warwick Road were completed in 1900 in a typical late Victorian style.

Two light industrial units were built at the same time at the Upper Teddington Road end of Warwick Road.

Originally, the unit on the south corner was a Laundry, but from 1911 both north and south buildings were occupied by Redio Co Ltd., manufacturers of patented impregnated polishing cloths.

Redio ceased operations in 1950, and the southern building was then used to make iced lollies ('Raspbeyry Topsy Lollies').

Redio Co Ltd owned the south buildings in the 1950s (Image via Richmond Council planning application documents)

The two companion sites were since redeveloped and under the names Protocol House (south) and Como House (north), used by Calmet Laboratory Services, part of Lazgill Precision Engineering which was based nearby at 1 Vicarage Road who are still the current owners of the site.

As a company, Lazgill have been based in Hampton Wick since 1940, initially producing wooden aircraft parts and propellers for Hawker Siddeley in Kingston.

From 1960, Lazgill manufactured a range of precision engineering parts and Como House was used as offices upstairs and as a metal stores warehouse on the ground floor.

The building is still in Lazgill's ownership and is now leased out as offices to a residential development company and an estate agent.

You can view the full application here.