Forest Hill Secondary School, Dacres Road, London, SE232XN
Approved on 13 December 2002
Council decision: GrantedPlanning committee
Proposal
(A) Details of a multi-use outdoor sports area and access from Bampton Road submitted in part compliance with condition (1) of the outline planning permission dated 18 April 2000 for the construction of a community sports hall incoprorating 4 courts, a fitness suite, changing rooms and associated facilities on part of Forest Hill School, Dacres Road SE23 together with the provision of a floodlit outdoor sports area, assoicated landscaping and car parking with access onto Bampton Road. (B) Deletion of Condition (11) of the above outline planning permission and with the substitution of a new condition (11) to vary the hours of usage FROM: from 9am-9pm on any weekday, 9am-5pm on Saturdays and not at all on Sundays and Public Holidays, TO: 9am-6pm on any weekday, 9am-midday on Saturdays and not at all on Sundays and Public Holidays.
- Received
- 20 August 2002
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Council
- London Borough of Lewisham
- Ward
- Perry Vale
- Agent
- Tom Livingstone Associates
- ReceivedReceived20 Aug
- ValidatedValidated20 Aug
- Consult.Consultation15 Oct
- TargetTarget Date15 Oct
- DecidedDecided13 Dec
Decided in 115 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application at Forest Hill Secondary School, Dacres Road, London, SE232XN. Lewisham has handled 1,023 applications of this type. This one was decided in 115 days, 8 weeks longer than Lewisham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 116 applications across Perry Vale. We hold 2,610 applications in total for the SE23 postcode area.
75% of outline applications at London Borough of Lewisham were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- SE23 2XN
- Application type
- Reserved Matters
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Does NOT need to go to BCAP
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 August 2002
- Neighbour consultation start
- 4 December 2002
- Last date for comments
- 15 October 2002
- Target decision date
- 15 October 2002
- Committee meeting
- 12 December 2002
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Tom Livingstone Associates
- Agent address
- 1 Garlies Road, Forest Hill, London, SE23 2RU
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Comments
- 0
- Documents
- 0
- Constraints
- 1
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Article 4 direction: Small HMO Northern Extension
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202521 Mar
Refurbishment and alterations of the existing macadam football pitch into a artificial grass football pitch…
PendingFull Planning PermissionDC/25/139510 - 20211 Jun
FRONT (Bampton Rd): THREE Horse Chestnut (G5)(ht.10-15m
WithdrawnDead & Hazardous TreesDC/21/122025 - 200330 Jun
The construction of a sports hall and associated facilities including changing rooms, reception, fitness…
ApprovedFull Planning Permission03/054342
Source: Lewisham
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