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Horniman Museum, 100 London Road, London, SE23 3PQ

DC/09/072445/XFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 10 December 2009

Council decision: GrantedPlanning committee

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

Proposal

The construction of a New Community and Education building at Horniman Gardens, London Road SE23 with a new link to the Dutch Barn on the Bandstand Terrace, comprising an education room, toilets, store and a kitchen and landscape improvement works, including tree removal and planting, demolition to low walls and fences, path works, lighting, street furniture and signage, refurbishment of the animal enclosure, bandstand terrace, sunken terrace, relocation of the greenwaste compound, a new musical play area, relocation of perimeter 2.4m high fence to animal enclosure against site boundary and new 2.4m high fences to animal enclosure perimeter, facing into the gardens.

Received
8 September 2009
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Forest Hill
  1. Received8 Sep
  2. Validated17 Sep
  3. Consult.12 Nov
  4. Target12 Nov
  5. Decided10 Dec

Decided in 84 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at HORNIMAN MUSEUM, 100 LONDON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3PQ. Lewisham has handled 2,816 applications of this type. This one was decided in 93 days, 5 weeks longer than Lewisham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 181 applications across Forest Hill. We hold 2,612 applications in total for the SE23 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
SE23 3PQ
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Amenity Societies' Panel

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 September 2009
Consultation expiry
30 September 2009
Neighbour consultation start
1 December 2009
Last date for comments
12 November 2009
Target decision date
12 November 2009
Committee meeting
10 December 2009
Decision issued
18 December 2009

Applicant and agent

Agent
Walters & Cohen
Architect profile
WALTERS AND COHEN ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
2 Wilkin Street, London, NW5 3NL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
30 September 2009
Site notice start
30 September 2009

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
29
Constraints
7

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: Forest Hill
  • Listed building: Forecourt Railings Walls and Piers to Horniman Museum London Road Se23 CatfordOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • Article 4 direction: Small HMO Northern Extension
  • Registered park and garden: Horniman Gardens
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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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