Planning application
175 SYDENHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE26 5HF
Works: Extension Small domestic
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Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use of part of the existing commercial floorspace and erection of a part single-storey/part two-storey rear extension to create a two-storey, two-bedroom dwelling, together with associated courtyard/garden, installation of an air source heat pump, provision of bin and cycle storage, external alterations, and all associated works at 175 Sydenham Road, SE26
As published by the council, reference DC/25/141811
Application record
- Reference
- DC/25/141811
- Type
- Full Planning Permission
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 15 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 4 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 21 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Sydenham
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- SE26 5HF
Site history
Applications at this address on the Lewisham register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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DC/26/145810 Awaiting decision
175 SYDENHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE26 5HF
Details submitted pursuant to Condition 3-Construction Management and Logistics Plan and Conditio...
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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15 Oct 2025
Received by Lewisham
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4 Nov 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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21 Apr 2026
Decision issued: Granted
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10 Aug 2026
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Robinson Escott Planning LLP Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Orpington
Active · incorporated 2012 · Orpington
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Lewisham granted permission on 21 April 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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175 SYDENHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE26 5HF
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Details submitted in compliance with Condition 3a of Planning Permission DC/17/104571 (22/07/2019) for the construction of a part 2/ part 3-storey building fronting Sydenham Road providing 17, one, two and three bedroom self-contained residential flats and 155sq.m ground and first floor commercial floorspace (use classes A1, A2, B1, D1, D2), with the provision of upper floor residential balconies; and the construction of a part 2/ part 3-storey building at the rear of the site comprising 10, three bedroom single dwelling-houses, 1, one bedroom self-contained flat and 1, two bedroom self-contained maisonette, together with associated landscaping, installation of PV Panels, 14 parking bays (including 4 disabled spaces) and dry/ secure cycle spaces at 154-158 Sydenham Road SE26.
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154-158 SYDENHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE26 5JZ
An application submitted under Section 96a of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 for a non-material amendment in connection with the planning permission (DC/17/104571) dated 22 July 2019 and Section 73 application (DC/20/119722) dated 12 July 2021 in order to Amend Condition (7) to change the BREEAM rating for the commercial unit to Very Good at 154-158 Sydenham Road SE26.
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154-158 SYDENHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE26 5JZ
Application submitted under Section 96a of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 in order to allow a variation in connection with the planning application DC/17/104571 dated 22 July 2019 for the construction of a part 2/ part 3-storey building fronting Sydenham Road providing 17, one, two and three bedroom self-contained residential flats and 155sq.m ground and first floor commercial floorspace (use classes A1, A2, B1, D1, D2), with the provision of upper floor residential balconies; and the construction of a part 2/ part 3-storey building at the rear of the site comprising 10, three bedroom single dwelling-houses, 1, one bedroom self-contained flat and 1, two bedroom self-contained maisonette, together with associated landscaping, installation of PV Panels, 14 parking bays (including 4 disabled spaces) and dry/ secure cycle spaces at 154-158 Sydenham Road SE26, in order to amend the following: Apartment Block Removal of cantilever; Relocate commercial unit from first floor to ground floor; Replace first floor commercial unit with a residential unit; Reduce overall commercial floorspace from 155sqm to 119sqm; Reposition cycle store; Fenestration to frontage, including shopfront and upper floors; South elevation; additional balconies/ Juliette balconies/ fenestration; Formation of pedestrian accessway to the rear of the part 2/ part 3-storey block; Repositioning of staircore; Additional PV panels installed; Landscaping measures, including reduction of disabled parking bays from 4 to 3; Amended internal layouts; Glazed balconies replaced with metal railings. Townhouses Level 1 internal clear height dropped down by 100mm from 2600mm to 2500mm; Removal of PV Panels; Skylights removed; Fenestration changes to all elevations; Amended internal layouts; Enlarged footprint of townhouse flats; First floor townhouse flat front terrace enlarged.
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