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12 Observatory Road East Sheen London SW14 7QD

24/0448/PS192Section 192 Permitted DevelopmentApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 27 March 2024

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing rear dormer and erection of new rear and side wrap-around dormer extension. Removal of 1No. chimney stack to party wall. 1No. chimney stack to be raised to allow construction of new dormer. Velux rooflights to front main roof.

Received
21 February 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
East Sheen Ward [EST]
  1. Received21 Feb
  2. Validated21 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target17 Apr
  5. Decided27 Mar

Decided in 35 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at 12 Observatory Road East Sheen London SW14 7QD. Richmond has handled 2,078 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 2 weeks quicker than Richmond's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 191 applications across East Sheen Ward [EST]. We hold 1,792 applications in total for the SW14 postcode area.

87% of outline applications at London Borough of Richmond upon Thames were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SW14 7QD
Application type
Section 192 Permitted Development
Scale / size
Small
Parish
East Sheen Village
District
DC South Team

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 February 2024
Target decision date
17 April 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Christopher Cowap 20 Old Esher Road Hersham Walton on Thames Surrey KT12 4LE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12826122
UPRN
100022296542
Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

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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© 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.

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Source: Richmond

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