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35 Houston Road, London, SE23 2RJ

DC/20/118066Householder Prior ApprovalRefused
Householder

Refused on 30 September 2020

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Householder prior approval for the construction of a single-storey extension at 35 Houston Road, SE23 extending 5m beyond the rear wall of the existing property, with a maximum height of 2.86m and an eaves height of 2.76m.

Received
21 August 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Perry Vale
Agent
Lafoucade-Baillie Ltd
  1. Received21 Aug
  2. Validated20 Aug
  3. Consult.1 Oct
  4. Target1 Oct
  5. Decided30 Sep

Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for an extension at 35 HOUSTON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2RJ. Lewisham has handled 1,023 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 2 weeks quicker than Lewisham's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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 2RJ
Application type
Householder Prior Approval
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 August 2020
Neighbour consultation start
18 September 2020
Last date for comments
1 October 2020
Target decision date
1 October 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
Lafoucade-Baillie Ltd
Agent address
64 Southwark Bridge ROad, London, SE1 0AS

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Documents
3
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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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Source: Lewisham

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