33 Sydenham Road, London, SE26 5EX
Proposal
The change of use of the ground floor of 33 Sydenham Road SE26 from A1 retail use to a restaurant and hot food take-away shop (Use Classes A3 / A5).
- Received
- 28 September 2015
- Decided
- 6 February 2017 · Refused
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Lewisham
- Ward
- Sydenham
- ReceivedReceived28 Sep
- ValidatedValidated7 Jan
- Consult.Consultation3 Mar
- TargetTarget Date3 Mar
- DecidedDecided6 Feb
Decided in 396 days (council typically 56)
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 33 SYDENHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE26 5EX. Lewisham has handled 2,816 applications of this type and approves 81% of them, typically deciding them in 66 days. This one was decided in 497 days, 62 weeks longer than Lewisham's median. 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 118 applications across Sydenham. We hold 2,153 applications in total for the SE26 postcode area.
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Planning constraints
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
- 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.
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© 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 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.
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