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Old Posting Office, 61 Devonshire Road, London, SE23 3EW

DC/09/073099/XFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 2 April 2010

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

The alteration and conversion of the former Postal Sorting Office, 61 Devonshire Road SE23 to create 5 self-contained flats and 4 Class B1 Business units, including the excavation of a new lightwell / courtyard and part basement at the rear, the demolition of existing buildings at the rear of the site and the construction of a part single/part two/part three storey building, including rear terraces to provide 4 two-bedroom houses and the construction of a single-storey Class B1 Business unit in the central courtyard, plus new soft and hard landscaping on the front forecourt.

Received
4 December 2009
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Forest Hill
Agent
Sub Rosa Architecture Ltd
  1. Received4 Dec
  2. Validated5 Feb
  3. Consult.2 Apr
  4. Target2 Apr
  5. Decided2 Apr

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at OLD POSTING OFFICE, 61 DEVONSHIRE ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3EW. Lewisham has handled 2,816 applications of this type. This one was decided in 119 days, 9 weeks longer than Lewisham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 181 applications across Forest Hill. We hold 2,610 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 3EW
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Amenity Societies' Panel

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 February 2010
Consultation expiry
30 December 2009
Neighbour consultation start
22 February 2010
Last date for comments
2 April 2010
Target decision date
2 April 2010
Committee meeting
2 April 2010

Applicant and agent

Agent
Sub Rosa Architecture Ltd
Architect profile
SUB ROSA ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
Agent address
The Studio, 52 Pine Avenue, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 1QZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
30 December 2009
Site notice start
30 December 2009

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
7
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.

  • Conservation area: Forest Hill
  • Article 4 direction: Forest Hill Article 4(3) Direction+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.

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Source: Lewisham

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