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139 Grierson Road, London, SE23 1NT

DC/16/096218Householder Prior ApprovalApproved
Householder

Approved on 24 May 2016

Council decision: Approval RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Prior Approval for the construction of a single-storey rear extension at 139 Grierson Road, SE23, which will extend beyond the rear wall of the original dwelling by 5 metres, for which the maximum height will be 3.3 metres and the height at the eaves of the proposed extension will be 2.7 metres.

Received
13 April 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Crofton Park
Agent
Set Square Surveyors LTD
  1. Received13 Apr
  2. Validated12 Apr
  3. Consult.24 May
  4. Target24 May
  5. Decided24 May

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 139 GRIERSON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 1NT. Lewisham has handled 1,023 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than Lewisham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 138 applications across Crofton Park. We hold 2,610 applications in total for the SE23 postcode area.

75% of outline 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 1NT
Application type
Householder Prior Approval
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Does NOT need to go to BCAP

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 April 2016
Neighbour consultation start
3 May 2016
Last date for comments
24 May 2016
Target decision date
24 May 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent
Set Square Surveyors LTD
Agent address
55 The Courtyard, Charterhouse Street, EC1M 6HA

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
4
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

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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