51-53 Canonbie Road, London, SE23 3AQ
Proposal
An application submitted under Section 96a of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 for a Non-Material amendment in connection with the planning permission (DC/13/84386) dated 29 July for the demolition of the existing dwelling house at 51-53 Canonbie Road SE23, and the construction of two part 2/ 3-storey with basement, 4 bedroom houses, including a single-storey 'summerhouse' at the end of the rear garden of 'House 1', associated landscaping and the provision of 1 car parking space to the front of each house with access onto Canonbie Road in order to allow; Amended heights of the projecting elements at the rear of no.53;Increase in length of the second floor element at no.53 by 2 metres;Fenestration changes to both dwellings;Provision of rear accesses from the approved basement areas to sunken patios;Formation of door and external steps to the side of no.51;Internal layout alterations.
- Received
- 18 November 2015
- Decided
- 7 April 2016 · Granted
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Lewisham
- Ward
- Forest Hill
- ReceivedReceived18 Nov
- ValidatedValidated18 Jan
- Consult.Consultation15 Feb
- TargetTarget Date15 Feb
- DecidedDecided7 Apr
Decided in 80 days (council typically 56)
This is an application to amend a permission at 51-53 CANONBIE ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3AQ. Lewisham has handled 365 applications of this type and approves 80% of them, typically deciding them in 55 days. This one was decided in 141 days, 12 weeks longer than Lewisham's median. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 188 applications across Forest Hill. We hold 2,599 applications in total for the SE23 postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20165 Oct
An application submitted under Section 96a of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 for a Non-Material…
WithdrawnNon-material amendmentDC/16/098623 - 201613 Jan
Details submitted in respect of Conditions (5) Materials, (6)(a) Hard Landscaping, (7)(a) Soft Landscaping…
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDC/16/095134 - 201526 Nov
Application submitted under Section 96a of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 in order to allow a…
ApprovedNon-material amendmentDC/15/094607
Planning constraints
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.
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