Horniman Museum And Gardens, 100 London Road, London, SE23 3PQ

DC/16/098832Listed Building ConsentPermitted

Proposal

Listed Building Consent for the installation of replacement timber double doors to all entrances of the conservatory at Horniman Museum, 100 London Road, SE23, together with external french drain, internal under floor heating and radiators, replacement lighting, Victorian style tile flooring and provision of landscaping.

Received: 3 October 2016
Decided: 12 January 2017 · Granted
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: London Borough of Lewisham
Ward: Forest Hill

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

ReceivedSubmitted3 Oct
ValidatedValidated5 Oct
Consult.Consultation30 Nov
TargetTarget Date30 Nov
DecidedDecided12 Jan

Decided in 99 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Lewisham94% of heritage applications approved

This is a heritage application for a conservatory at HORNIMAN MUSEUM AND GARDENS, 100 LONDON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3PQ. Lewisham has handled 49 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 57 days. This one was decided in 101 days, 6 weeks longer than Lewisham's median. The site is in a conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 12 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 196 applications across Forest Hill. We hold 2,595 applications in total for the SE23 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference

DC/16/098832

Address

HORNIMAN MUSEUM AND GARDENS, 100 LONDON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3PQ

Postcode

SE23 3PQ

Local Authority

Lewisham

Application Type

Listed Building Consent

Scale / Size

Small

Decision Status

Permitted

Current Status

Decided

Ward

Forest Hill

Parish

Amenity Societies' Panel

Applicant & Agent

Agent

Donald Insall Associates

Architect ProfileDONALD INSALL ASSOCIATES LIMITED

Agent Address

12 Devonshire Street, London, W1G 7AB

Planning Application Dates

Date Received

3 October 2016

Consultation Expiry

21 December 2016

Target Decision Date

30 November 2016

Date Decided

12 January 2017

Date Validated

5 October 2016

Date Submitted

3 October 2016

Last Date for Comments

30 November 2016

Planning Decision

Decision

Granted

Decided By

Delegated

Statutory Period

56 days

Publicity

Last Advertised

21 December 2016

Site Notice Start

21 December 2016

Appeal

Additional Information

Comments

Documents

Coordinates

51.441130, -0.060737

Enriching application data

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Lewisham

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Associated applications

2016
3 Oct
The installation of replacement timber double doors to all entrances of the conservatory at Horniman Museum…
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2016
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Planning history at this site

11 other applications at this property, newest first.

Planning constraints

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Conservation area: Forest Hill
Listed building: Forecourt Railings Walls and Piers to Horniman Museum London Road Se23 CatfordOn or next to this site · +1 more
Article 4 direction: Small HMO Northern Extension
Registered park and garden: Horniman Gardens
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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.

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