53 Dartmouth Road, London, SE23 3HN

DC/20/118465Full Planning PermissionRefused

Full

Refused on 23 November 2020

Delegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

The construction of a single storey side and rear extension at 53 Dartmouth Road SE23, together with the change of use alteration and conversion of the lower ground floor to a one bedroom self-contained flat.

Received: 21 September 2020
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: London Borough of Lewisham
Ward: Forest Hill
Agent: Stephen Turvil Architects Ltd

ReceivedReceived21 Sep
ValidatedValidated28 Sep
Consult.Consultation23 Nov
TargetTarget Date23 Nov
DecidedDecided23 Nov

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at 53 DARTMOUTH ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3HN. Lewisham has handled 2,816 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days longer than Lewisham's typical decision time. The site is in the Forest Hill conservation area. There have been 11 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 181 applications across Forest Hill. We hold 2,610 applications in total for the SE23 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: SE23 3HN
Application type: Full Planning Permission
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Does NOT need to go to BCAP

Planning application dates

Date validated: 28 September 2020
Consultation expiry: 7 October 2020
Neighbour consultation start: 29 September 2020
Last date for comments: 23 November 2020
Target decision date: 23 November 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent: Stephen Turvil Architects Ltd
Architect profile: STEPHEN TURVIL ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address: 51A Upland Road, London, SE22 9EF

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 7 October 2020
Site notice start: 7 October 2020

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 12
Constraints: 4

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Forest Hill
Article 4 direction: Forest Hill Article 4(3) Direction+2 more
Brownfield land register: Perry Vale Locally Significant Industrial SiteRegister site at or near this address
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage 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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Planning history at this site

12 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Lewisham

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