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26a Sydenham Road, London, SE265QW

DC/03/053709/FTFull Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 6 August 2003

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

The construction of a single storey extension to the rear of 26a Sydenham Road SE26, to provide a staff room, cold room and w.c. facilities, together with the alteration and conversion of the existing garage at the rear, including the construction of a mansard roof, alterations to the elevations and erection of an external staircase to first floor level to provide offices.

Received
4 April 2003
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sydenham
Agent
Anva Ltd
  1. Received4 Apr
  2. Validated31 Jul
  3. Consult.25 Sep
  4. Target25 Sep
  5. Decided6 Aug

Decided in 6 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 26a Sydenham Road, London, SE265QW. Lewisham has handled 2,816 applications of this type. This one was decided in 124 days, 10 weeks longer than Lewisham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 112 applications across Sydenham. 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 5QW
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Does NOT need to go to BCAP

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 July 2003
Neighbour consultation start
15 April 2003
Last date for comments
25 September 2003
Target decision date
25 September 2003
Committee meeting
6 August 2003

Applicant and agent

Agent
Anva Ltd
Architect profile
ANVA LTD
Agent address
49 Alan Hocken Way, London, E15 3AT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal result
Dismissed

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
0
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Sydenham Thorpes
  • Article 4 direction: Small HMO Northern Extension+1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage 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

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© 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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