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Horniman Primary School, Horniman Drive, London, SE23 3BP

DC/15/094420Approval of Details (Following Full PP)Approved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 12 January 2016

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Details submitted in compliance with Condition (7) Detailed Plans of the planning permission DC/13/85698 as amended by DC/15/90896 dated 25th June 2015 for the construction of single-storey extensions and the reconfiguration of internal areas to provide accommodation for up to 30 additional children at Horniman Primary School, Horniman Drive SE23, together with the provision of an external deck.

Received
10 November 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Forest Hill
  1. Received10 Nov
  2. Validated10 Nov
  3. Consult.5 Jan
  4. Target5 Jan
  5. Decided12 Jan

Decided in 63 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at HORNIMAN PRIMARY SCHOOL, HORNIMAN DRIVE, LONDON, SE23 3BP. Lewisham has handled 792 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days longer than Lewisham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 6 other applications 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.

89% of conditions 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 3BP
Application type
Approval of Details (Following Full PP)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 November 2015
Last date for comments
5 January 2016
Target decision date
5 January 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent
Lewis Patten
Agent address
16 Watermark Way, Foxholes Business Park, Hertford, Hertfordshire, SG13 7TZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
5

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

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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 2026-11-03. 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.

Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2016
    4 Mar

    Details submitted in compliance with Condition (7) Detailed plans of the ventilation system, of planning…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDC/16/095779
  2. 2015
    22 Dec

    Details submitted in compliance with Condition (5)- Travel Plan, of planning permission DC/13/85698

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDC/15/094933
  3. 2009
    4 Dec

    Alterations to front entrance comprising replacement canopy over front entrance, new pedestrian access, gates…

    ApprovedFull Planning PermissionDC/09/073101/X
  4. 2008
    8 Dec

    The retention of a wooden amphitheatre at Horniman Primary School, Horniman Drive SE23.

    ApprovedFull Planning PermissionDC/08/070429
  5. 2008
    12 Nov

    The construction of a single storey garden room to the rear of Horniman School, Horniman Drive SE23, with…

    ApprovedFull Planning PermissionDC/08/070270/X
  6. 2008
    31 Mar

    The provision of a new door to the existing building, and the construction of a single storey timber framed…

    ApprovedFull Planning PermissionDC/08/068556/FT

Source: Lewisham

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