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55 Balham Grove SW12 8AZ

2023/1571HouseholderApproved

Approved on 31 July 2023

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Alterations including erection of mansard roof extension to main rear roof including raising ridge by 434mm and roof extension above two storey back addition.

Received
25 April 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Balham
  1. Received25 Apr
  2. Validated11 May
  3. Consult.17 Jul
  4. Target
  5. Decided31 Jul

Decided in 81 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at 55 Balham Grove SW12 8AZ. Wandsworth has handled 3,005 applications of this type. This one was decided in 97 days, 6 weeks longer than Wandsworth's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 146 applications across Balham. We hold 1,196 applications in total for the SW12 postcode area.

91% of full applications at London Borough of Wandsworth were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SW12 8AZ
Application type
Householder
Development type
C3 - Dwellings
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 May 2023
Consultation expiry
17 July 2023
Consultation start
11 May 2023
Consultation end
17 July 2023
Last date for comments
17 July 2023
Application expires
20 June 2023
Permission expires
31 July 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
40 days

Additional information

Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Nightingale LaneNext to the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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

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© 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.

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Source: Wandsworth

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