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16 Observatory Road East Sheen London SW14 7QD

24/2128/ES191Section 191Cert Existing Lawful Use/DevApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 3 March 2025

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Existing garden building ancillary use to the host dwelling

Received
21 August 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
East Sheen Ward [EST]
  1. Received21 Aug
  2. Validated10 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target7 Mar
  5. Decided3 Mar

Decided in 52 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 16 Observatory Road East Sheen London SW14 7QD. Richmond has handled 363 applications of this type. This one was decided in 194 days, 21 weeks longer 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.

80% of amendment 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 191Cert Existing Lawful Use/Dev
Scale / size
Small
Parish
East Sheen Village
District
DC South Team

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 January 2025
Target decision date
7 March 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Leigh Bowen The Hut 187 Kew Road Richmond TW9 2AZ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13351524 was 24/2
UPRN
100022296546
Documents
11

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

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: Richmond

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