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139 Drakefell Road, London, SE4 2DT

DC/24/138326Householder ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 27 January 2025

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Construction of a side extension and a rear extension together with all other associated works at 139 Drakefell Road, London, SE4.

Received
29 November 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Telegraph Hill
Agent
Matthew Wood Architects Ltd
  1. Received29 Nov
  2. Validated2 Dec
  3. Consult.27 Jan
  4. Target27 Jan
  5. Decided27 Jan

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at 139 DRAKEFELL ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2DT. Lewisham has handled 2,816 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 3 days longer than Lewisham's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 109 applications across Telegraph Hill. We hold 647 applications in total for the SE4 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
SE4 2DT
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Does NOT need to go to BCAP

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 December 2024
Consultation start
4 December 2024
Neighbour consultation start
4 December 2024
Last date for comments
27 January 2025
Target decision date
27 January 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Matthew Wood Architects Ltd
Architect profile
MATTHEW WOOD ARCHITECTS LTD.
Agent address
The Tea Factory, 110 Endwell Road, London, SE4 2LX

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
5 December 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13540878
Comments
0
Documents
6
Constraints
3

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
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    24 Mar

    An application submitted under Section 96a of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 for a non-material…

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendmentDC/25/139508
  2. 2024
    29 Nov

    Construction of a side extension and a rear extension together with all other associated works at 139…

    This applicationApprovedFullDC/24/138326

Source: Lewisham

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