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56 Forest Hill Road London Southwark SE22 0RS

25/AP/3496Minor applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 20 August 2026

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Demolition of the existing rear outbuilding and its replacement with a single-storey outbuilding, together with a single-storey rear extension, a glazed link to the proposed outbuilding, and the construction of a first-floor terrace

Received
2 December 2025
Ward
Dulwich Hill
Agent
DISTRICT Architects
  1. Received2 Dec
  2. Validated9 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target2 Feb
  5. Decided20 Aug

Decided in 254 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 261 days, 30 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
9 December 2025
Target decision date
2 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
DISTRICT Architects
Architect profile
DISTRICT ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
Arch 837 Consort Road London SE15 2PR

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
17

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

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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