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Sydenham Secondary School, Dartmouth Road, London, SE264RD

03/055129Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 19 December 2003

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

The construction of an infill extension to an under croft area at Sydenham Secondary School, Dartmouth Road SE26, to provide a science laboratory and lecture room.

Received
29 September 2003
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Forest Hill
  1. Received29 Sep
  2. Validated6 Nov
  3. Consult.1 Jan
  4. Target1 Jan
  5. Decided19 Dec

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Sydenham Secondary School, Dartmouth Road, London, SE264RD. Lewisham has handled 2,816 applications of this type. This one was decided in 81 days, 4 weeks longer than Lewisham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 181 applications across Forest Hill. We hold 2,166 applications in total for the SE26 postcode area.

85% of full 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
SE26 4RD
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Does NOT need to go to BCAP

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 November 2003
Neighbour consultation start
11 November 2003
Last date for comments
1 January 2004
Target decision date
1 January 2004
Committee meeting
19 December 2003

Applicant and agent

Agent
Sprunt
Agent address
The Quadrangle, 180 Wardour Street, London, W1F 8FY

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
0
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Lewisham

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