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123 Benhill Road London Southwark SE5 7LZ

26/AP/1303Large Home ExtensionsRefused
Full

Refused on 25 June 2026

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

- Single storey side extension at lower ground level. - Extension to have a maximum height of 3m at the boundary. - Extension to have a maximum length of 4.85m from the parent building principal elevation. - 2.4m side extension from the existing outrigger, less than half the width of the property. - Existing lean-to rear extension pitched roof changed to a flat roof, with maximum height of 2.7m at the boundary. - 1nr rooflight and a green roof over rear extension. - Internal reconfiguration to lower ground floor including removal of 2nr chimney breasts.

Received
6 May 2026
Ward
St Giles
Agent
Aarvold McLean Architecture
  1. Received6 May
  2. Validated7 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target16 Jun
  5. Decided25 Jun

Decided in 49 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey side extension at 123 Benhill Road London Southwark SE5 7LZ. Southwark has handled 1,045 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 97 applications across St Giles. 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 7LZ
Application type
Large Home Extensions
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 May 2026
Target decision date
16 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Aarvold McLean Architecture
Architect profile
AARVOLD MCLEAN ARCHITECTURE LTD
Agent address
21 Drakefell Road London SE14 5SL GB

Planning decision

Statutory period
40 days

Appeal history

6012237
Dismissed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 16 September 2026Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: refused

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
28

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    6 May

    - Single storey side extension at lower ground level. - Extension to have a maximum height of 3m at the…

    This applicationRefusedFull26/AP/1303
  2. 2026
    6 May

    -Rear mansard roof extension over parent building. -Rear outrigger extension over existing outrigger…

    ApprovedHouseholderFiled alongside26/AP/1306

Source: Southwark

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