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38, Lyford Road, London, SW18 3LS

2025/1110Householder planning & demolition in a conservation areaApproved
Householder

Approved on 11 July 2025

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Proposal

Alterations including formation of new main entrance door and removal of existing; excavation to enlarge the existing basement, including formation of new front and side lightwells with grille over, and rear lightwell with access stair to garden and metal balustrade; formation of new soakaway in the rear garden over the enlarged basement; erection of a part single, part-two storey rear extension; replacement of existing first floor rear bay.

Submitted
31 March 2025
  1. Received31 Mar
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided11 Jul

Decided in 102 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a two storey rear extension at 38, Lyford Road, London, SW18 3LS. Wandsworth has handled 73 applications of this type. This one was decided in 102 days, 7 weeks longer than Wandsworth's typical decision time. The site is in the Wandsworth Common conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 212 applications across Wandsworth Common. We hold 2,266 applications in total for the SW18 postcode area.

93% of householder planning & demolition in a conservation area 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
SW18 3LS
Application type
Householder planning & demolition in a conservation area

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Wandsworth Common
  • 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.

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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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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    18 Jul

    Details of Construction and Environmental Management Plan (CEMP) and Landscape and Ecological Enhancement and…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions2025/2588
  2. 2025
    31 Mar

    Alterations including formation of new main entrance door and removal of existing; excavation to enlarge the…

    This applicationApprovedHouseholder2025/1110

Source: Wandsworth

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