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26 Woodbastwick Road, Sydenham, London, SE26 5LH

20/03609/PLUDLawful development: Proposed useApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 18 November 2020

Council decision: PROPOSED USE/DEVELOPMENT IS LAWFULDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Hip to gable loft conversion with front rooflights and rear dormer window. Installation of side window and roof window to flat roof PROPOSED LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE

Received
14 September 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Penge & Cator
Agent
Darren Oldfield Architects Ltd
  1. Received14 Sep
  2. Validated14 Sep
  3. Consult.17 Nov
  4. Target9 Nov
  5. Decided18 Nov

Decided in 65 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a loft conversion at 26 Woodbastwick Road, Sydenham, London, SE26 5LH. Bromley has handled 2,558 applications of this type. This one was decided in 65 days, 9 days longer than Bromley's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 125 applications across Penge & Cator. We hold 2,166 applications in total for the SE26 postcode area.

77% of outline applications at London Borough of Bromley were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SE26 5LH
Application type
Lawful development: Proposed use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 September 2020
Consultation expiry
17 November 2020
Neighbour consultation start
27 October 2020
Neighbour consultation end
17 November 2020
Last date for comments
17 November 2020
Target decision date
9 November 2020
Permission expires
18 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Darren Oldfield Architects Ltd
Architect profile
DARREN OLDFIELD ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
D111 Parkhall Business Centre 40 Martell Road London SE21 8EN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09059265
Documents
14
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Bromley

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