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5 Penistone Road London SW16 5LU

23/03249/FULFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 26 June 2024

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)7 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of the existing single dwelling house into 2 self-contained flats, involving the erection of a single storey wrap around rear extension, changes to the 1st floor rear elevation window arrangement, installation of 1 front roof light and the provision of cycle and refuse storage enclosures to the front of the building.

Received
13 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
8
Ward
Streatham Common & Vale
  1. Received13 Oct
  2. Validated6 Nov
  3. Consult.1 Dec
  4. Target1 Jan
  5. Decided26 Jun

Decided in 233 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at 5 Penistone Road London SW16 5LU. Lambeth has handled 398 applications of this type. This one was decided in 257 days, 29 weeks longer than Lambeth's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 80 applications across Streatham Common & Vale. We hold 3,708 applications in total for the SW16 postcode area.

70% of full applications at London Borough of Lambeth were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SW16 5LU
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 November 2023
Consultation expiry
26 June 2024
Consultation end
1 December 2023
Neighbour consultation end
26 June 2024
Target decision date
1 January 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Redwoods Projects
Architect profile
REDWOODS PROJECTS LTD
Agent address
Unit 4 Grosvenor Way London E5 9ND

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
8

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)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

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Source: Lambeth

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