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1 Penistone Road London SW16 5LU

25/02884/FULFull Planning PermissionRefused
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Refused on 13 November 2025

Council decision: Refuse PermissionDelegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

Change of use from dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to children's care home (Use Class C2).

Received
13 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Streatham Common & Vale
  1. Received13 Sep
  2. Validated19 Sep
  3. Consult.21 Oct
  4. Target14 Nov
  5. Decided13 Nov

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 1 Penistone Road London SW16 5LU. Lambeth has handled 398 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days, 5 days longer than Lambeth's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed change of use would result in the loss of a single family dwellinghouse, contrary to the objectives of policy H3 of the Lambeth Local Plan and fails to demonstrate that the loss would meet the requirements of policy H8 of the Lambeth Local Plan (2021) and policy H8 of the London Plan (2021).
  2. In the absence of a Section 106 agreement securing the use as business parking permit free upon the introduction of a Controlled Parking Zone, the development would fail to promote sustainable modes of travel and would not adequately mitigate its transport impacts. The proposal is therefore contrary to Policy T6 of the London Plan (2021) and Policies T1 and T6 of the Lambeth Local Plan 2020-2035 (2021). London planning@lambeth.gov.uk SW2 9QQ

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

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

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 September 2025
Consultation expiry
21 October 2025
Consultation end
21 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
21 October 2025
Target decision date
14 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Gerrad Moore
Agent address
32 Mount Pleasant Road London E17 5RU

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
11
Constraints
1

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

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© 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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