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81, Abbeville Road, London, SW4 9JL

25/02779/FULHouseholder planning permissionRefused
Householder

Refused on 29 October 2025

2 reasons for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed single storey ground floor extension

Submitted
3 September 2025
  1. Received3 Sep
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 Oct

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for an extension at 81, Abbeville Road, London, SW4 9JL. Lambeth has handled 492 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 21 applications across CLCOMM. We hold 2,293 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 rear extension, by reason of its excessive scale and design, would introduce an overly dominant, incongruous built form, one which fails to read as subservient to the host building and would therefore fail to respond positively to the character and appearance of the host building and the local area. This would be contrary to the aims and objectives of policies Q5, Q8 and Q11 of the Lambeth Local Plan (2021) and the guidance contained within the Lambeth Design Guide SPD (2023).
  2. The proposed rear extension by reason of its design, siting, scale and height on the boundary, constitutes an unneighbourly form of development, one which would appear overbearing and dominant when viewed from no London planning@lambeth.gov.uk SW2 9QQ 83, creating an unacceptable sense of enclosure, to the detriment of the affected neighbours. Resultingly, the proposal is contrary to the aims and objectives of Policy Q2 of the Lambeth Local Plan (2021).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
SW4 9JL
Application type
Householder planning permission

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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    3 Sep

    Proposed single storey ground floor extension

    This applicationRefusedHouseholder25/02779/FUL
  2. 2025
    3 Sep

    225084 - 81 Abbeville Road - LDC

    ApprovedLawful development: Proposed useFiled alongside25/02780/LDCP

Source: Lambeth

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