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Optimum Health Services N H S Trust, Sydenham Green Health Centre, 26 Holmshaw Close, London, SE264TH

DC/03/053183/XOutline Planning PermissionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 22 April 2003

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

The demolition of Sydenham Green Health Centre, 26 Holmshaw Close SE26 and the construction of a part two/part three storey building to provide a replacement health centre (3300 sq m), together with associated landscaping and provision of cycle racks, refuse and pram stores and 40 car parking spaces (Outline Application).

Received
4 February 2003
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bellingham
Agent
Freeman Ankerman Hickling Partnership
  1. Received4 Feb
  2. Validated4 Feb
  3. Consult.1 Apr
  4. Target1 Apr
  5. Decided22 Apr

Decided in 77 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Optimum Health Services N H S Trust, Sydenham Green Health Centre, 26 Holmshaw Close, London, SE264TH. Lewisham has handled 1,023 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 3 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 49 applications across Bellingham. We hold 2,166 applications in total for the SE26 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
SE26 4TH
Application type
Outline Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Does NOT need to go to BCAP

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 February 2003
Consultation expiry
12 March 2003
Neighbour consultation start
15 April 2003
Last date for comments
1 April 2003
Target decision date
1 April 2003
Committee meeting
22 April 2003

Applicant and agent

Agent
Freeman Ankerman Hickling Partnership
Agent address
270 High Street North, London, E12 6SB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
12 March 2003
Site notice start
12 March 2003

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 Houses in Multiple Occupation Article 4
  • 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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