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TUNBRIDGE COURT, SYDENHAM HILL, LONDON, SE26 6RR

Refused Lewisham DC/24/134978 Flatted Additional Storey Prior Approval

Works: New dwelling

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Application for Prior Approval under Schedule 2, Part 20, Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended) for the construction of one additional storey to provide 4 self-contained flats at Tunbridge Court Sydenham Hill SE26.

As published by the council, reference DC/24/134978

Application record

Reference
DC/24/134978
Type
Flatted Additional Storey Prior Approval
Status
Decided
Decision
Refused
Received
22 Feb 2024
Validated
14 Mar 2024
Decided
9 May 2024
Ward
Forest Hill
Parish
Does NOT need to go to BCAP
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
SE26 6RR

Site history

Applications at this address on the Lewisham register

This site has had 2 applications since 2024: 1 approved, 1 refused.

  • DC/24/134979 Granted

    TUNBRIDGE COURT, SYDENHAM HILL, LONDON, SE26 6RR

    The creation of two additional parking spaces at Tunbridge Court Sydenham Hill SE26.

    Decided 12 Jul 2024 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 22 Feb 2024

    Received by Lewisham

  2. 14 Mar 2024

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 9 May 2024

    Decision issued: Refused

  4. 30 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

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Freeths LLP Agent, registered in Nottinghamshire

Active · incorporated 2003 · Nottinghamshire

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Documents

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25 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

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.

About prior approval applications

Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.

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    DC/08/068694/FT Submitted 17 Apr 2008 50 yards away

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  • TUNBRIDGE COURT, SYDENHAM HILL, LONDON, SE26 6RR

    DC/24/134979 Submitted 22 Feb 2024 50 yards away

    The creation of two additional parking spaces at Tunbridge Court Sydenham Hill SE26.

    Granted Full applications 8 docs
  • FLAT 1, TUNBRIDGE COURT, SYDENHAM HILL, LONDON, SE26 6RR

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    Withdrawn Trees
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    22/AP/2969 Submitted 24 Aug 2022 50 yards away

    Works to TPO trees: T0880 Ash tree: replace and remove. Conditional replacement: Standard Beech (Fagus sylvatica) 14-16cm girth adjacent to, or in the same location as T0880.T0770 Cedar tree: reduction and thin of end shoots to lift off dead branch.

    Granted Trees 7 docs
  • ST CLEMENTS HEIGHTS, 165 WELLS PARK ROAD, LONDON, SE26 6RP

    DC/19/113235 Submitted 24 Jul 2019 100 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.

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