40 Romney Close, London, SE14 5JH
Approved on 23 March 2026
Council decision: Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Application for Prior Approval under Schedule 2, Part 1, Class A, Part (g) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended) for the construction of a single storey rear extension with a depth of 4.50m, a maximum height of 3.18m and an eaves height of 3.0m at 40 Romney Close, SE14.
- Received
- 25 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Lewisham
- Ward
- Telegraph Hill
- ReceivedReceived25 Feb
- ValidatedValidated26 Feb
- Consult.Consultation9 Apr
- TargetTarget Date9 Apr
- DecidedDecided23 Mar
Decided in 25 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 40 ROMNEY CLOSE, LONDON, SE14 5JH. Lewisham has handled 1,023 applications of this type. This one was decided in 26 days, 4 weeks quicker than Lewisham's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 109 applications across Telegraph Hill. We hold 375 applications in total for the SE14 postcode area.
75% of outline 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
- SE14 5JH
- Application type
- Householder Prior Approval
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 25 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 9 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 9 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Mass + Strategy
- Agent address
- 93 Lee Road, London, SE3 9EN
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
- Article 4 direction: Small HMO Northern Extension
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.
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Associated applications
- 202625 Feb
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ApprovedHouseholderFiled alongsideDC/26/143113
Source: Lewisham
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