123 Benhill Road London Southwark SE5 7LZ Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Prior approval notification for the construction of a: - Single storey side extension at lower ground level. - Extension to have a maximum height of 3m at the boundary. - Extension to have a maximum length of 4.85m from the parent building principal elevation. - 2.4m side extension from the existing outrigger, less than half the width of the property. - Existing lean-to rear extension pitched roof changed to a flat roof, with maximum height of 2.7m at the boundary. - 1nr rooflight and a green roof over rear extension. - Internal reconfiguration to lower ground floor including removal of 2nr chimney breasts. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 25 Jun 2026 · Delegated Panel - Complex · Last checked 6 Jul 2026
Documents 21
Decision & officer reports 10
Statements & assessments 3
Application forms 2
Consultation & comments 1
Other documents 5
Site constraints 7
Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, Transport for London (public transport access levels, Powered by TfL Open Data, OGL v3.0, contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £803,212 in April 2015. Terraced house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in October 2014, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- Southwark
- Application type
- Large Home Extensions
- Postcode
- SE5 7LZ
- Received
- 6 May 2026
- Validated
- 7 May 2026
- Ward
- St Giles
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 16 Jun 2026
- Decision
- Prior Approval Required- REFUSED
- Decision date
- 25 Jun 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Panel - Complex
- Appeal
- Dismissed · 16 Sept 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6012237 ↗
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Aarvold McLean Architecture
How this decision compares
Decided in 49 days from validation, about the council's usual 51 days. Refused, as 7% of extensions here are.
Plota live figures for extensions decided by Southwark in the last twelve months, from validation. Southwark decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Statutory expiry
- 16 Jun 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
Southwark is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #54 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
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