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124 Forest Hill Road London Southwark SE22 0RS

25/AP/2067Minor applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 24 February 2026

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Demolition of the existing rear garage. Construction of a two-storey one-bedroom dwellinghouse with associated amenity space, landscaping and ground level changes. Alterations to the existing commercial unit, shopfront and access arrangements. Construction of front and rear window dormers at roof level of the host property. Construction of a full-length rear outrigger dormer at first floor level of the host property. Provision of a waste/cycle storage structure within the front curtilage of the host property.

Received
22 July 2025
Ward
Dulwich Hill
  1. Received22 Jul
  2. Validated7 Nov
  3. Consult.10 Dec
  4. Target1 Jan
  5. Decided24 Feb

Decided in 109 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 124 Forest Hill Road London Southwark SE22 0RS. Southwark has handled 1,045 applications of this type. This one was decided in 217 days, 24 weeks longer than Southwark's typical decision time. The site is in 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications 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
7 November 2025
Last date for comments
10 December 2025
Target decision date
1 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Common Ground Workshop
Architect profile
COMMON GROUND WORKSHOP LIMITED
Agent address
53 Old Bethnal Green Road London E2 6QA

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
42

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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 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

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: Southwark

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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