Sydenham Police Station, 179 Dartmouth Road, London, SE26 4RN

LE/458/185/TPFull Planning PermissionApproved

Full

Approved on 3 December 2015

Council decision: GrantedPlanning committee

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

The demolition of the existing former Sydenham Police Station at 179 Dartmouth Road SE26 and the construction of a part three/ part four plus basement building to provide 15 one bedroom 15 two bedroom and 3 three bedroom self-contained flats, together with the provision of 3 disabled parking, 52 cycle spaces, associated landscaping and refuse storage.

Received: 26 June 2015
Decision level: Planning committee
Council: London Borough of Lewisham
Ward: Forest Hill
Agent: CgMs Ltd

ReceivedReceived26 Jun
ValidatedValidated22 Jul
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided3 Dec

Decided in 134 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at SYDENHAM POLICE STATION, 179 DARTMOUTH ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4RN. Lewisham has handled 2,816 applications of this type. This one was decided in 160 days, 15 weeks longer than Lewisham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 8 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 181 applications across Forest Hill. We hold 2,166 applications in total for the SE26 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: SE26 4RN
Application type: Full Planning Permission
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Design & Conservation Panel

Planning application dates

Date validated: 22 July 2015
Consultation expiry: 5 August 2015
Neighbour consultation start: 25 April 2016
Committee meeting: 3 December 2015
Decision issued: 19 May 2016
Application expires: 21 October 2015

Applicant and agent

Agent: CgMs Ltd
Agent address: 140 London Wall, London, EC2Y 5DN

Planning decision

Statutory period: 91 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 5 August 2015
Site notice start: 5 August 2015

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Article 4 direction: Small HMO Northern Extension
Brownfield land register: Former Sydenham Police Station, 179 Dartmouth RoadRegister site at or near this address
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.

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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© 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.

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.

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Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Lewisham

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