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59 Waldram Park Road, London, SE23 2PW

DC/20/118314Retail Prior ApprovalRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 30 October 2020

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior Approval for the change of use of the Class A1 unit at ground and basement floor level of 59 Waldram Park Road, SE23, to Use Class C3 (residential) to provide 3x self-contained flats, pursuant to Class M(a) of Part 3, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 201, together with removal of the shop front, and installation of two windows in the front elevation.

Received
8 September 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Perry Vale
Agent
UPP Urban Planning Practice Ltd
  1. Received8 Sep
  2. Validated8 Sep
  3. Consult.3 Nov
  4. Target3 Nov
  5. Decided30 Oct

Decided in 52 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 52 days, 4 days quicker than Lewisham's typical decision time. 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
Retail Prior Approval
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 September 2020
Neighbour consultation start
26 October 2020
Last date for comments
3 November 2020
Target decision date
3 November 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
UPP Urban Planning Practice Ltd
Agent address
74 Brent Street, London, NW4 2ES

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
7
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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© 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.

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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. 2016
    23 Dec

    Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) in respect of the change of use of the ground floor and basement of…

    ApprovedLawful Development Certificate proposedDC/16/099613
  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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