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118 Sydenham Road, London, SE265JX

DC/03/055412/XFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 22 December 2003

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

The change of use of the ground and first floors of 118 Sydenham Road SE26 to (Use Class A3) food and drink and the installation of an extract duct on the rear elevation, together with the conversion of the roof space to provide 1, one bedroom self contained flat, external alterations including the provision of a new entrance door at the rear to first floor level to the residential accommodation and the installation of 3 roof lights and enlargement of the existing windows in the roof.

Received
27 October 2003
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sydenham
Agent
M D H Building & Drawing Services
  1. Received27 Oct
  2. Validated28 Oct
  3. Consult.23 Dec
  4. Target23 Dec
  5. Decided22 Dec

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 118 Sydenham Road, London, SE265JX. Lewisham has handled 2,816 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 112 applications across Sydenham. We hold 2,167 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 5JX
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Does NOT need to go to BCAP

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 October 2003
Consultation expiry
12 November 2003
Neighbour consultation start
4 November 2003
Last date for comments
23 December 2003
Target decision date
23 December 2003
Committee meeting
22 December 2003

Applicant and agent

Agent
M D H Building & Drawing Services
Agent address
247D Lewisham Way, London, SE4 1XF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
12 November 2003
Site notice start
12 November 2003

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
0
Constraints
2

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+1 more
  • 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

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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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