Sydenham Police Station, 179 Dartmouth Road, London, SE26 4RN

DC/20/118322Non Material AmendmentsRefused

Discharge / amendments

Refused on 5 October 2020

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

An application submitted under Section 96a of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 for a non material amendment in connection with the planning permission (DC/15/092798) dated 19 May 2016 for the demolition of the existing former Sydenham Police Station at 179 Dartmouth Road SE26 and the construction of a part three/ part four plus basement building to provide 15 one bedroom 15 two bedroom and 3 three bedroom self-contained flats, together with the provision of 3 disabled parking, 52 cycle spaces, associated landscaping and refuse storage:- in order to replace all zinc to balconies and recesses with dark grey through colour render.

Received: 9 September 2020
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: London Borough of Lewisham
Ward: Forest Hill
Agent: MH Arhcitects Limited

ReceivedReceived9 Sep
ValidatedValidated9 Sep
Consult.Consultation7 Oct
TargetTarget Date7 Oct
DecidedDecided5 Oct

Decided in 26 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at SYDENHAM POLICE STATION, 179 DARTMOUTH ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4RN. Lewisham has handled 365 applications of this type. This one was decided in 26 days, 4 weeks quicker than Lewisham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 8 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 181 applications across Forest Hill. We hold 2,166 applications in total for the SE26 postcode area.

80% of amendment 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 4RN
Application type: Non Material Amendments
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Does NOT need to go to BCAP

Planning application dates

Date validated: 9 September 2020
Last date for comments: 7 October 2020
Target decision date: 7 October 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent: MH Arhcitects Limited
Agent address: MH Architects Limited, Southern Gate, Terminus Road, Chichester, PO19 8EZ

Planning decision

Statutory period: 28 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 9
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
Brownfield land register: Former Sydenham Police Station, 179 Dartmouth RoadRegister site at or near this address · +1 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.

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Associated applications

2020
9 Sep
An application submitted under Section 96a of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 for a non material…
This applicationRefusedNon-material amendmentDC/20/118322
2015
26 Jun
The demolition of the existing former Sydenham Police Station at 179 Dartmouth Road SE26 and the construction…
ApprovedFull Planning PermissionPart ofDC/15/092798
2015
26 Jun
The demolition of the existing former Sydenham Police Station at 179 Dartmouth Road SE26 and the construction…
ApprovedFull Planning PermissionFiled alongsideLE/458/185/TP

Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Lewisham

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