20 Forest Hill Road London Southwark SE22 0RR
Approved on 12 May 2026
Council decision: Minor - GRANTEDDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
External alterations including the installation of planters and construction of a bin store enclosure with storage to front elevation of commercial unit to Ground Floor.
- Received
- 5 March 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Southwark
- Ward
- Dulwich Hill
- Agent
- Allen Architects Ltd
- ReceivedReceived5 Mar
- ValidatedValidated18 Mar
- Consult.Consultation16 Apr
- TargetTarget Date12 May
- DecidedDecided12 May
Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application at 20 Forest Hill Road London Southwark SE22 0RR. Southwark has handled 1,045 applications of this type. This one was decided in 68 days, 3 weeks longer than Southwark's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 4 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 0RR
- Application type
- Minor application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Dulwich
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 16 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 12 May 2026
- Permission expires
- 12 May 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Allen Architects Ltd
- Architect profile
- ALLEN ARCHITECTS LTD
- Agent address
- 146 Deptford High Street London SE8 3PQ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Article 4 direction: Protected shopping frontage SF46: Forest Hill RoadPart of the site
- Brownfield land register: 24,Forest Hill Road,,SE22 0RRRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
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 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.
Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202623 Mar
Details of Condition 4 'details of the refuse storage facilities' required by planning permission ref no…
ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/AP/0829 - 202623 Mar
Details of Condition 5 'cycle storage details' required by planning permission ref no. 20/AP/0318
ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/AP/0839 - 202619 Mar
Installation of kitchen extraction system; rear opening to store room; extraction duct installation to rear…
WithdrawnMinor application26/AP/0802 - 202523 Jul
Contruction of a part single/part two storey single storey dwellinghouse (3 Bedroom, 4 person) incorpating…
PendingMinor application25/AP/2101
Source: Southwark
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