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Land To The Rear, 303-305 Sydenham Road, London, SE26 5EW

DC/15/091060Full Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 11 September 2015

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

The demolition of existing garage and the construction of a two storey, two bedroom house at the land to the rear of 303-305 Sydenham Road SE26, together with the removal of existing staircase access to the upper flat at 305 Sydenham Road and the installation of an additional door to the shop front of 305 Sydenham Road to facilitate access to upper flat at 305 Sydenham Road.

Received
13 February 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sydenham
Agent
Architecture Design
  1. Received13 Feb
  2. Validated13 Apr
  3. Consult.8 Jun
  4. Target8 Jun
  5. Decided11 Sep

Decided in 151 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at LAND TO THE REAR, 303-305 SYDENHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE26 5EW. Lewisham has handled 2,816 applications of this type. This one was decided in 210 days, 22 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 5EW
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Does NOT need to go to BCAP

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 April 2015
Neighbour consultation start
1 May 2015
Last date for comments
8 June 2015
Target decision date
8 June 2015

Applicant and agent

Agent
Architecture Design
Agent address
17 Glenhurst Rise, Upper Norwood, London, SE19 3XN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
19
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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