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53 Honor Oak Road, London, SE23 3SH

DC/20/118705Full Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 14 January 2021

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retrospective application for the construction of a single storey rear extension to create a 2 bedroom flat at 53 Honor Oak Road SE23, together with the alteration and conversion of part of lower basement to provide 1 bedroom self -contained flat, construction of porches at the side, alterations to the elevations, roof terrace to existing ground floor flat, steps to side and associated landscaping

Received
7 October 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Forest Hill
Agent
DISTRICT Architects
  1. Received7 Oct
  2. Validated19 Oct
  3. Consult.14 Dec
  4. Target14 Dec
  5. Decided14 Jan

Decided in 87 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 53 HONOR OAK ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3SH. Lewisham has handled 2,816 applications of this type. This one was decided in 99 days, 6 weeks longer than Lewisham's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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 3SH
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Does NOT need to go to BCAP

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 October 2020
Neighbour consultation start
14 December 2020
Last date for comments
14 December 2020
Target decision date
14 December 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
DISTRICT Architects
Architect profile
DISTRICT ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
Unit 4. Blackwater Court, 17-19 Blackwater Street, East Dulwich, East Dulwich, SE22 8SD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
17
Constraints
4

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: 39 Honor Oak RoadRegister 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 (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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: Lewisham

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