1A Woodland Road London SE19 1NS
Refused on 6 March 2026
Council decision: Refuse PermissionDelegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal
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Proposal
Permission in principle for the erection of a maximum and minimum of one dwelling.
- Received
- 23 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 6
- Council
- London Borough of Lambeth
- Ward
- Gipsy Hill
- ReceivedReceived23 Jan
- ValidatedValidated2 Feb
- Consult.Consultation23 Feb
- TargetTarget Date9 Mar
- DecidedDecided6 Mar
Decided in 32 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application at 1A Woodland Road London SE19 1NS. Lambeth has handled 400 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than Lambeth's typical decision time. The site is in the Westow Hill conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 43 applications across Gipsy Hill. We hold 1,190 applications in total for the SE19 postcode area.
81% of outline 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
- Permission in principle cannot be granted for a residential development of one new dwelling as it has not been demonstrated that the loss of the existing office unit would comply with the requirements of the Lambeth Local Plan (2021) and London Plan (2021). As such the proposed change of use of the site to residential use would be contrary to Policy ED1 of the Lambeth Local Plan (2021) and Policy E1 of the London Plan (2021). The land use is therefore not considered to be suitable, and as such the proposal would fail to comply with the provisions of The Town and Country Planning (Permission in Principle) Order 2017 (as amended).
- In the absence of sufficient information to demonstrate otherwise, and given the existing access arrangements within the yard for the rear of nos. 49-55 Westow Hill, the site is highly constricted and is of insufficient size and siting to allow for the provision of a high quality, policy-compliant dwelling unit without compromising neighbouring amenity or the character of the Westow Hill (North Side) Conservation Area, contrary Lambeth Planning SW2 9QQ planning@lambeth.gov.uk to Policies Q2 and Q22 of the Lambeth Local Plan (2021). The location and amount of development is therefore not considered to be suitable, and as such the proposal would fail to comply with the provisions of The Town and Country Planning (Permission in Principle) Order 2017 (as amended).
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- SE19 1NS
- Application type
- Permission in Principle
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 13 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 23 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 6 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 9 March 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 35 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 13 March 2026
- Site notice end
- 13 March 2026
Additional information
- Documents
- 6
- Constraints
- 2
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Westow Hill (North Side)Part of the site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)
flood storage 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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Lambeth
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