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154-158 Sydenham Road, London, SE26 5JZ

DC/20/119721Non Material AmendmentsApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 19 January 2021

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (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/17/104571 dated 22/07/2019 for the construction of a part 2/ part 3-storey building fronting Sydenham Road providing 17, one, two and three bedroom self-contained residential flats and 155sq.m ground and first floor commercial floorspace (use classes A1, A2, B1, D1, D2), with the provision of upper floor residential balconies; and the construction of a part 2/ part 3-storey building at the rear of the site comprising 10, three bedroom single dwelling-houses, 1, one bedroom self-contained flat and 1, two bedroom self-contained maisonette, together with associated landscaping, installation of PV Panels, 14 parking bays (including 4 disabled spaces) and dry/ secure cycle spaces at 154-158 Sydenham Road SE26, as amended by S96a Non Material Amendment dated 20 February 2020 (DC/19/114837), in order to amend the original description to remove reference to the number of dwellings, size of commercial floorspace and amend car parking provision:'The construction of a part 2/ part 3-storey building fronting Sydenham Road providing self-contained residential flats and commercial floorspace (use classes A1, A2, B1, D1, D2), with the provision of upper floor residential balconies; and the construction of a part 2/ part 3-storey building at the rear of the site comprising 10, three bedroom single dwelling-houses, 1, one bedroom self-contained flat and 1, two bedroom self-contained maisonette, together with associated landscaping, installation of PV Panels, 13 parking bays (including 3 disabled spaces) and dry/ secure cycle spaces at 154-158 Sydenham Road SE26.'

Received
22 December 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sydenham
Agent
CMA Planning
  1. Received22 Dec
  2. Validated22 Dec
  3. Consult.19 Jan
  4. Target19 Jan
  5. Decided19 Jan

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 154-158 SYDENHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE26 5JZ. Lewisham has handled 365 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 weeks quicker than Lewisham's typical decision time. There have been 18 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.

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 5JZ
Application type
Non Material Amendments
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 December 2020
Last date for comments
19 January 2021
Target decision date
19 January 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
CMA Planning
Agent address
113 The Timberyard, Drysdale Street, London, N1 6ND

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
3
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+1 more
  • Brownfield land register: 154-158 Sydenham 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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Planning history at this site

18 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    12 Jun

    Details submitted pursuant to Condition 7part c (BREEAM) of planning permission DC/17/104571

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)DC/25/140442
  2. 2025
    21 Jan

    Schedule 2 para 1.1.1.2 - Local Labour and Business Strategy 154 - 158 Sydenham Road, SE26. DC/17/104571

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDC/25/138774
  3. 2024
    12 Jul

    Details submitted pursuant to Condition 23 (Operational Details) of planning permission DC/17/104571

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDC/24/136740
  4. 2021
    30 Sep

    Details submitted in compliance with Condition (35) 'Piling' of the S73 minor material application of the…

    RefusedDischarge of conditionsDC/21/123667
  5. 2021
    30 Sep

    Details submitted in compliance with Condition (35)(a) 'Details' of the S73 minor material application of the…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDC/21/123666
  6. 2021
    12 Aug

    Details submitted in compliance with Condition (11)(a) 'Hard landscaping' of Planning Permission DC/17/104571

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDC/21/123062

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