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Sydenham Hill Wood Sydenham Hill And Cox's Walk London SE26 6LT

24/AP/3817Minor applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 9 July 2026

5 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition and removal of low brick wall and chain link fencing, and replacement with black steel security fencing.

Received
24 December 2024
Ward
Dulwich Wood
Agent
Asher Planning Ltd
  1. Received24 Dec
  2. Validated8 Jan
  3. Consult.13 Feb
  4. Target4 Mar
  5. Decided9 Jul

Decided in 547 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Sydenham Hill Wood Sydenham Hill And Cox's Walk London SE26 6LT. Southwark has handled 1,045 applications of this type. This one was decided in 562 days, 73 weeks longer than Southwark's typical decision time. The site is in the Dulwich Wood conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 83 applications across Dulwich Wood. We hold 2,166 applications in total for the SE26 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
SE26 6LT
Application type
Minor application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Dulwich

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 January 2025
Last date for comments
13 February 2025
Target decision date
4 March 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Asher Planning Ltd
Agent address
2 De Grey Close Lewes BN7 2JR

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Dulwich Wood
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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© 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.

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Source: Southwark

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