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Sydenham Surgery, 2 Sydenham Road, London, SE26 5QW

DC/21/120549Minor Material AmendmentRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 10 May 2021

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

An application submitted under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 for Minor Material Amendments in connection with the planning permission DC/19/113256 dated 12 November 2019 for the change of use from a doctor's surgery (Use Class D1) at Sydenham Surgery, 2 Sydenham Road SE26, to provide 5 short stay Serviced Accommodation rooms (Use Class C1), and associated facilities including reception and meeting room areas, and the provision of 2 cycle spaces in order to allow: - the removal of Condition 8 'Wheelchair Access'.

Received
22 February 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sydenham
Agent
NSA Architects
  1. Received22 Feb
  2. Validated22 Feb
  3. Consult.19 Apr
  4. Target19 Apr
  5. Decided10 May

Decided in 77 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at SYDENHAM SURGERY, 2 SYDENHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE26 5QW. Lewisham has handled 365 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 3 weeks longer than Lewisham's typical decision time. The site is in the Sydenham Thorpes conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 112 applications across Sydenham. 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 5QW
Application type
Minor Material Amendment
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 February 2021
Consultation expiry
21 April 2021
Neighbour consultation start
16 April 2021
Last date for comments
19 April 2021
Target decision date
19 April 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
NSA Architects
Architect profile
NSA ARCHITECTS LTD
Agent address
Unit 2, 166 MIDDLETON ROAD, MORDEN, SM4 6RW

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
21 April 2021
Site notice start
21 April 2021

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
2
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Sydenham ThorpesPart of the site
  • Article 4 direction: Small HMO Northern Extension+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, 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.

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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Lewisham

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