Flat A And Flat B 23 Wood Vale London Southwark SE23 3DS Data via plota.co.uk

26/AP/1156 - Minor application Refused

Proposal

Retention of the existing roof terrace arrangement at Flats A and B, 23 Wood Vale Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

✓
Received
22 Apr 2026
✓
Validated
15 Jun 2026
✗
Refused
4 Aug 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 4 Aug 2026 · Delegated Panel - Complex · Last checked 25 Sept 2026

Site constraints 7

Tree preservation order: 23 Wood Vale
Consent is needed before work on protected trees.
Not every council has published its orders as open data, so no order shown is not proof there is none.
Air quality management area: Southwark AQMA
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
Registered park or garden 71 m away: Horniman Gardens
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Conservation area 28 m away: Forest Hill; Local nature reserve 426 m away: Sydenham Hill Wood and Fern Bank; Inside the Southwark built-up area; Metropolitan Open Land 53 m away.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 25 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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 2

Last sold for £436,000 in May 2017. Flat or maisonette, leasehold.

12 May 2017£436,000
10 December 1998£84,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Southwark
Application type
Minor application
Postcode
SE23 3DS
Received
22 Apr 2026
Validated
15 Jun 2026
Ward
Dulwich Wood
Parish
Dulwich
Case officer
Show
Target decision
9 Aug 2026
Decision
Minor - REFUSED
Decision date
4 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated Panel - Complex
Applicant
Show
Agent
Hooper Enterprise Associates Limited

How this decision compares

Decided in 50 days from validation, about the council's usual 51 days. Refused, as 7% of extensions here are.

75%decided within 8 weeks
93%approved
642decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by Southwark in the last twelve months, from validation. Southwark decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

51 neighbours consulted · Last counted 25 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
9 Aug 2026
Env. assessment
No
Southwark
Planning Authority Score
7/10
Good
#64 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Southwark decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
92%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #93 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #92 of 296
78%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #54 of 296
37%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #122 of 296
92%
Minor dwellings approved
259 decided (1-9 homes)
86%
Major dwellings approved
14 decided (10+ homes)
82%
Change of use approved
38 decided
1,622
Total decisions
132 refused in the year to March 2026

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