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59 Waldram Park Road, London, SE23 2PW

DC/16/099613Lawful Development Certificate proposedApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 1 March 2017

Council decision: Granted

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

Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) in respect of the change of use of the ground floor and basement of 59 Waldram Park Road, SE23, from retail (Use Class A1) to a 2 bed residential flat (Use Class C3).

Received
23 December 2016
Ward
Perry Vale
Agent
Carter Planning Limited
  1. Received23 Dec
  2. Validated4 Jan
  3. Consult.1 Mar
  4. Target1 Mar
  5. Decided1 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 59 WALDRAM PARK ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2PW. Lewisham has handled 1,023 applications of this type. This one was decided in 68 days, 12 days longer than Lewisham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 116 applications across Perry Vale. 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 2PW
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate proposed
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 January 2017
Last date for comments
1 March 2017
Target decision date
1 March 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent
Carter Planning Limited
Agent address
85, Alma Road, WINDSOR, SL4 3EX

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
7
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.

Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2021
    28 May

    Alterations to the ground floor front elevation of 59 Waldram Park Road, SE23, in connection with the change…

    ApprovedFull Planning PermissionDC/21/122001
  2. 2021
    6 Jan

    Removal of existing windows in the ground floor front elevation and their replacement with one larger window…

    WithdrawnFull Planning PermissionDC/21/119840
  3. 2020
    8 Sep

    Prior Approval for the change of use of the Class A1 unit at ground and basement floor level of 59 Waldram…

    RefusedRetail Prior ApprovalDC/20/118314
  4. 2016
    11 Aug

    Prior Approval for the change of use of the ground and basement floor of 59 Waldram Park Road, SE23 from…

    WithdrawnRetail Prior ApprovalLE/548/59/TP
  5. 2009
    15 Sep

    The alteration and conversion of the upper floors of 59 Waldram Park Road SE23 to provide 2 one-bedroom…

    ApprovedFull Planning PermissionDC/09/072519/X

Source: Lewisham

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