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26 Albert Square London SW8 1DA

24/02517/LBListed Building ConsentRefused

Refused on 8 November 2024

Council decision: Refuse PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of basement floor into a separate flat; internal stair between ground floor and basement removed; associated changes to internal layout and access gate and stair from street; changes to create larger lightwell / private terrace at rear for the flat; changes to layout and new kitchen to ground floor; demolition of concrete wall and construction of glass house at rear of garden; repair of brickwork and exiting sash and case windows; replacement of uPVC downpipes at rear with black cast-iron. (Please note: The reference number for this Listed Building Consent application is 24/02517/LB, but there is also an associated application for Full Planning Permission related to these works with reference number: 24/02516/FUL)

Received
9 August 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Oval
Agent
Reverb Architecture
  1. Received9 Aug
  2. Validated9 Sep
  3. Consult.3 Oct
  4. Target4 Nov
  5. Decided8 Nov

Decided in 60 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for demolition at 26 Albert Square London SW8 1DA. Lambeth has handled 180 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 5 weeks longer than Lambeth's typical decision time. The site is in the Albert Square conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 78 applications across Oval. We hold 1,525 applications in total for the SW8 postcode area.

78% of heritage 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
SW8 1DA
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 September 2024
Consultation expiry
4 October 2024
Consultation end
3 October 2024
Neighbour consultation end
3 October 2024
Target decision date
4 November 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Reverb Architecture
Agent address
91A Bartholomew Road London NW5 2AR

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
4 October 2024
Site notice end
4 October 2024

Additional information

Documents
13
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Albert SquarePart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: 24-32, Albert Square Sw8On this site
  • Article 4 direction: Albert Square
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 16Protected tree on or next to this site · +3 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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.

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© 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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Associated applications

  1. 2024
    9 Sep

    Conversion of basement floor into a separate flat; internal stair between ground floor and basement removed…

    PendingListed building consentPart of24/02516/FUL
  2. 2024
    9 Aug

    Conversion of basement floor into a separate flat; internal stair between ground floor and basement removed…

    This applicationRefusedListed building consent24/02517/LB

Source: Lambeth

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