55 Whatman Road, London, SE23 1EY
Approved on 30 January 2017
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Lawful development certificate (proposed) in respect to the construction of a loft conversion using a rear L shaped dormer together with the installation of two roof lights to the front roofslope at 55 Whatman Road SE23.
- Received
- 5 December 2016
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Lewisham
- Ward
- Crofton Park
- ReceivedReceived5 Dec
- ValidatedValidated5 Dec
- Consult.Consultation30 Jan
- TargetTarget Date30 Jan
- DecidedDecided30 Jan
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a loft conversion at 55 WHATMAN ROAD, LONDON, SE23 1EY. Lewisham has handled 1,023 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded 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 1EY
- Application type
- Lawful Development Certificate proposed
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 5 December 2016
- Last date for comments
- 30 January 2017
- Target decision date
- 30 January 2017
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site 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.
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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Source: Lewisham
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