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51-53 Canonbie Road, London, SE23 3AQ

DC/15/094607Non Material AmendmentsApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 3 February 2016

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Application submitted under Section 96a of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 in order to allow a variation to the wording of Condition (4) in connection with the planning permission (DC/13/84386) dated 29 July 2014 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 state;(a) The residential units hereby approved shall achieve the following energy efficiency and water efficiency standards:Energy efficiency - a 19% improvement in the Dwelling Emission Rate over the Target Emission Rate as defined in Part L1A of the 2013 Building Regulations;Water efficiency - 110 litres per person per day (including a 5 litre allowance for external water use).(b) Within 3 months of occupation of the residential units hereby approved, an As Built SAP Assessment and post construction stage Water Efficiency Calculations, prepared by suitably qualified assessors, shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority and approved in writing to demonstrate full compliance with part (a).

Received
26 November 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Forest Hill
Agent
Roger Ward Associates Limited
  1. Received26 Nov
  2. Validated6 Jan
  3. Consult.3 Feb
  4. Target3 Feb
  5. Decided3 Feb

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 51-53 CANONBIE ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3AQ. Lewisham has handled 365 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 13 days longer than Lewisham's typical decision time. 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 181 applications across Forest Hill. We hold 2,610 applications in total for the SE23 postcode area.

80% of amendment 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 3AQ
Application type
Non Material Amendments
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 January 2016
Last date for comments
3 February 2016
Target decision date
3 February 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent
Roger Ward Associates Limited
Architect profile
ROGER WARD ASSOCIATES LIMITED
Agent address
The Hoo Wrotham Road, Meopham, Kent, DA13 0HP

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
3
Constraints
1

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.

Source: Lewisham

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