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Flat Above, 41 Sydenham Road, London, SE26 5EX

DC/26/145715Awaiting decision
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use of the existing upper floor flat (Class C3) to a House in Multiple Occupation (Class C4), for up to six people, together with the removal and replacement of railing to the front elevation and all associated works at Flat Above, 41 Sydenham Road SE26.

Received
7 October 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 6 November 2026
  1. Received7 Oct
  2. Validated28 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at FLAT ABOVE, 41 SYDENHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE26 5EX. Lewisham has handled 9,122 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 28 October 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Sydenham Thorpes conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 2,166 applications in total for the SE26 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
SE26 5EX

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 October 2026

Additional information

Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Sydenham Thorpes
  • 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

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

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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