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255-269 Sydenham Road, London, SE26 5EN

DC/11/077196/XFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 2 February 2012

Council decision: GrantedPlanning committee

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

Proposal

The demolition of the existing buildings at 255-269 Sydenham Road SE26 and the construction of a part two/part three storey building incorporating balconies, to provide 1 one-bedroom, 12 two-bedroom and 1 three bedroom self-contained flats and 3 three bedroom houses, together with the provision of bin stores and cycle storage.

Received
26 April 2011
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Sydenham
Agent
Tibbalds Planning & Urban Design
  1. Received26 Apr
  2. Validated14 Jun
  3. Consult.13 Sep
  4. Target13 Sep
  5. Decided2 Feb

Decided in 233 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 255-269 SYDENHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE26 5EN. Lewisham has handled 2,816 applications of this type. This one was decided in 282 days, 32 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 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 5EN
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Design & Conservation Panel

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 June 2011
Consultation expiry
6 July 2011
Neighbour consultation start
3 February 2012
Last date for comments
13 September 2011
Target decision date
13 September 2011
Committee meeting
2 February 2012
Decision issued
30 March 2012

Applicant and agent

Agent
Tibbalds Planning & Urban Design
Architect profile
TIBBALDS PLANNING AND URBAN DESIGN LIMITED
Agent address
19 Maltings Place, 169 Tower Bridge Road, London, SE1 3JB

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
6 July 2011
Site notice start
6 July 2011

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
49
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
  • 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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