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138A Sydenham Road, London, SE26 5JZ

DC/20/118102Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 9 October 2020

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

The change of use of the ground floor commercial unit at 138A Sydenham Road, SE26 from A1/A2 use to 1 x 1 bed and 1 x 2 bedroom unit (C3 use) with associated refuse and cycle storage and landscaping.

Received
25 August 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sydenham
Agent
March Design Associates
  1. Received25 Aug
  2. Validated25 Aug
  3. Consult.20 Oct
  4. Target20 Oct
  5. Decided9 Oct

Decided in 45 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 138A SYDENHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE26 5JZ. Lewisham has handled 2,816 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 11 days quicker than Lewisham's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 112 applications across Sydenham. We hold 2,167 applications in total for the SE26 postcode area.

85% of full 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
SE26 5JZ
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 August 2020
Neighbour consultation start
27 August 2020
Last date for comments
20 October 2020
Target decision date
20 October 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
March Design Associates
Agent address
Wren Mews, Lee High Road, London, SE13 5PH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
16
Constraints
5

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
  • Brownfield land register: 150-152 Sydenham RoadRegister site at or near this address · +2 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

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 and heritage coasts.

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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