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81 Grove Hill Road London Southwark SE5 8DF

25/AP/3522Householder ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 6 February 2026

Council decision: Householder - GRANTEDDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Erection of a rear dormer extension with a raised ridge by 300mm and the addition of two roof lights to the front roof slope.

Received
3 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Champion Hill
Agent
Smyth Dixon Ltd
  1. Received3 Dec
  2. Validated18 Dec
  3. Consult.28 Jan
  4. Target11 Feb
  5. Decided6 Feb

Decided in 50 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 81 Grove Hill Road London Southwark SE5 8DF. Southwark has handled 1,045 applications of this type. This one was decided in 65 days, 2 weeks longer than Southwark's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 59 applications across Champion Hill. 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 8DF
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 December 2025
Last date for comments
28 January 2026
Target decision date
11 February 2026
Permission expires
6 February 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Smyth Dixon Ltd
Architect profile
SMYTH DIXON LTD
Agent address
37A Hopton Road London London SW16 2EH

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
25

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Camberwell GrovePart of the site
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 280Part of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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