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70 Sydenham Road, London, SE26 5QE

DC/11/078454/FTFull Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 4 May 2012

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

The retention of a metal shop front and roller shutters at 70 Sydenham Road SE26.

Received
28 September 2011
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sydenham
Agent
Hargreaves Architects Ltd
  1. Received28 Sep
  2. Validated28 Nov
  3. Consult.23 Jan
  4. Target23 Jan
  5. Decided4 May

Decided in 158 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 70 SYDENHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE26 5QE. Lewisham has handled 2,816 applications of this type. This one was decided in 219 days, 23 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 5QE
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Amenity Societies' Panel

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 November 2011
Consultation expiry
7 December 2011
Neighbour consultation start
7 November 2012
Last date for comments
23 January 2012
Target decision date
23 January 2012
Committee meeting
4 May 2012

Applicant and agent

Agent
Hargreaves Architects Ltd
Agent address
Wayside, Gorsewood Road, Hartley, Longfield, Kent, DA3 7DE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
7 December 2011
Site notice start
7 December 2011

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
4
Constraints
4

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
  • Brownfield land register: 74 to 78 Sydenham RoadRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 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 and heritage coasts.

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

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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