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4 Somerset Road, Walthamstow, London, E17 8QW

261137Certificate of Lawful Development - ProposedApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 15 May 2026

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) - Construction of a dormer roof extension to rear, extension above two storey outrigger and installation of two roof lights to front.

Received
8 May 2026
Ward
Markhouse
  1. Received8 May
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided15 May

Decided in 7 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a dormer extension at 4 Somerset Road, Walthamstow, London, E17 8QW. Waltham Forest has handled 382 applications of this type. This one was decided in 7 days, 7 weeks quicker than Waltham Forest's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 74 applications across Markhouse. We hold 2,000 applications in total for the E17 postcode area.

79% of outline applications at London Borough of Waltham Forest were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
E17 8QW
Application type
Certificate of Lawful Development - Proposed

Planning application dates

Validated
8 May 2026

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Other Article 4 Direction Area
  • 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: Waltham Forest

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