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5, Crescent Lane, London, SW4 9RJ

25/02346/FULHouseholder planning permissionRefused
Householder

Refused on 28 October 2025

2 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

single storey rear extension; alteration to first floor window opening and installation of two balconies

Submitted
3 September 2025
  1. Received3 Sep
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided28 Oct

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a single storey rear extension at 5, Crescent Lane, London, SW4 9RJ. Lambeth has handled 492 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across CLEAST. We hold 2,297 applications in total for the SW4 postcode area.

83% of householder planning permission 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed first and second balconies by reasons of their design, siting, visibility, scale and form would result in uncharacteristic and prominent features that appear incongruous and adds visual clutter to the host building which is highly visible from Tableer Avenue, and would therefore fail to appear as subordinate extensions. Furthermore, the installation of a door opening at first floor introduces an alien feature that harms the fenestration articulation of the host building and across the terrace row where windows exist. The development would therefore result in harm to the character and appearance of the host building and wider area and would be contrary to Policies Q5, Q7, Q8 and Q11 of the Lambeth Local Plan 2021 and the Lambeth Design Guide 2023.
  2. The use of the proposed first and second floor balconies would have an adverse impact on residential London planning@lambeth.gov.uk SW2 9QQ amenity in terms of privacy, noise and disturbance and overlooking for the occupiers of the adjoining and neighbouring properties nos. 4 and 6 Prestwick Terrace Crescent Lane. The proposal would therefore be contrary to Policy Q2 of the Lambeth Local Plan 2021.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
SW4 9RJ
Application type
Householder planning permission

Appeal history

6011471
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 3 September 2026Dev Type: Other minor developmentsReason: refused

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    3 Nov

    Erection of a single storey ground floor rear extension.

    ApprovedFull Planning Permission25/03429/FUL

Source: Lambeth

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