20 VIGILANT CLOSE, LONDON, SE26 6YB

1. 24 May 2021

   Received by Lewisham

2. 19 Jul 2021

   Decision issued: Refused

3. 10 Oct 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Lewisham refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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• 121 LONGTON AVENUE, LONDON, SE26 6RF

  DC/19/111779 Submitted 5 Apr 2019 100 yards away

  Construction of a partial hip to gable roof extension and installation of three roof lights in the front roof slope and four roof lights in the rear roof slope, demolition of chimney, blocking up of side window and rear door and installation of new double height side window; installation of replacement kitchen window and removal of render to ground floor rear wall and replacement glazing and new glazed roof to existing conservatory at 121 Longton Avenue, SE26.

  Granted Householder Extension Loft or dormer +2 2 docs
  Small domestic

• 89 LONGTON AVENUE, LONDON, SE26 6RF

  DC/19/114081 Submitted 1 Oct 2019 100 yards away

  The construction of a rear single storey at 89 Longton Avenue, SE26, together with alteration to the existing patio.

  Granted Householder 9 docs
  Small domestic

• 89 LONGTON AVENUE, LONDON, SE26 6RF

  DC/25/141483 Submitted 18 Sep 2025 100 yards away

  Construction of a single-storey rear extension at 89 Longton Avenue SE26.

  Granted Householder Extension 8 docs
  Small domestic

• 9 EXETER PLACE, LONDON, SE26 6AB

  DC/26/144984 Submitted 5 Aug 2026 150 yards away

  REAR (fronting Wells Park Rd) ONE Sycamore (T2, in TPO A1)(ht.12-14m) FELL by dismantling to safe standing stem or high stump. Reason: health & safety, the tree is in severe physiological and structural decline, leaning towards the road, several branches have already failed, and although a small amount of live growth remains, the tree has no meaningful long-term viability, the significantly compromised structure presents an unacceptable risk of further branch or whole-tree failure onto highway. The proposed removal is necessary to eliminate the risk. The replacement tree is to be a large canopy species planted as near as practicable to the original location. The County of London (Lewisham No.2) Tree Preservation Order, 1957. Informative A: thank you for proposing 4x replacement trees, 1x is required to be a large canopy tree to replace the TPO tree and to maintain the treed boundary character to Wells Park Road for public streetscape amenity, wildlife and shade to reduce increasingly high summer temperatures due to climate change ? Hornbeam, Hop hornbeam, sessile oak, Japanese Pagoda Tree, walnut (Juglans regia), Italian alder or grey alder, Caucasian Elm (Zelkova carpinifolia), small leaved lime, Hackberry (Celtis australis), Turkish hazel (Corylus colurna), Kentucky Coffee Tree (Gymnocladus dioica) - see further planting details below. Informative B: thank you for planting additional voluntary trees for screening, to improve species diversity, and the setting of the property. Informative C: thank you also for looking to retain a safe standing stem/high stump and creating habitat log piles with some dead wood arisings for wildlife and biodiversity.

  Granted Trees 3 docs

• ST CLEMENTS HEIGHTS, 165 WELLS PARK ROAD, LONDON, SE26 6RP

  DC/19/113235 Submitted 24 Jul 2019 150 yards away

  Application submitted under Section 96a of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 in order to allow a variation in connection with the reserved matters approval DC/14/90031 dated 30 March 2015, and amended under S96a Non-Material Amendment dated 17 November 2015, for the demolition of existing buildings at St Clement's Heights, 165 Wells Park Road SE26 and the construction of 5, three to five storey buildings comprising 50 one, two and three bedroom Almshouses, 20 four bedroom dwelling-houses and 26 two and three bedroom self-contained flats, together with the provision of 76 car parking spaces, cycle and refuse stores, vehicular accesses onto Sydenham Hill and Wells Park Road and associated landscaping, in order to amend the following; Reconfigure access to site from Wells Park Road; Fell Tree T251 and replace with Field Maple; Replacement of lost trees along the Wells Park Road and Sydenham Hill frontages.

  Granted Amendments New dwelling Demolition +1 13 docs
  Domestic

• 5 TALISMAN SQUARE, LONDON, SE26 6XY

  DC/19/112279 Submitted 14 May 2019 150 yards away

  Lawful Development Certificate (existing) for the retention of a rear extension, outbuildings, and front porch enclosure at 5 Talisman Square SE26.

  Refused Lawful development Extension 5 docs
  Small domestic