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56 Forest Hill Road London Southwark SE22 0RS

24/AP/3146Minor applicationRefused
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Refused on 6 October 2025

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

The works involve the demolition of the existing outbuilding to the rear of the property and replacement with a new single storey outbuilding and small passageway to link to the existing house. The construction of a rear outrigger extension to the second floor roof as well as new lightweight external staircase from ground to second floor.

Received
23 October 2024
Ward
Dulwich Hill
Agent
DISTRICT Architects
  1. Received23 Oct
  2. Validated28 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target22 Dec
  5. Decided6 Oct

Decided in 343 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 56 Forest Hill Road London Southwark SE22 0RS. Southwark has handled 1,045 applications of this type. This one was decided in 348 days, 43 weeks longer than Southwark's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 74 applications across Dulwich Hill. We hold 929 applications in total for the SE22 postcode area.

93% of full applications at London Borough of Southwark were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SE22 0RS
Application type
Minor application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Dulwich

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 October 2024
Target decision date
22 December 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
DISTRICT Architects
Architect profile
DISTRICT ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
Studio 4 Blackwater Court 17-19 Blackwater Street London SE22 8SD

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
27

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Protected shopping frontage SF47: Forest Hill RoadPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, 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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: Southwark

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