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40 Denmark Hill London Southwark SE5 8RZ

25/AP/2716Minor applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 17 November 2025

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Retrospective application for raising the ground rear roof

Received
19 September 2025
Ward
Camberwell Green
  1. Received19 Sep
  2. Validated22 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target16 Nov
  5. Decided17 Nov

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 40 Denmark Hill London Southwark SE5 8RZ. Southwark has handled 1,045 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 10 days longer than Southwark's typical decision time. The site is in the Camberwell Green conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 67 applications across Camberwell Green. We hold 1,312 applications in total for the SE5 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
SE5 8RZ
Application type
Minor application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 September 2025
Target decision date
16 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
NGBARCHDESIGNERS
Agent address
Unit 2, 59 Anernely Road Bromley London SE19 2AS

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Camberwell GreenPart of the site
  • Article 4 direction: Camberwell District Town Centre+2 more
  • Brownfield land register: Valmar Trading EstateRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage 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 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

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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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    1 Apr

    Raising existing ground rear roof from 4.1m to 5.1m

    ApprovedFull planning permission25/AP/0750

Source: Southwark

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