Sydenham Surgery, 2 Sydenham Road, London, SE26 5QW Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change of use from 5 short stay Serviced Accommodation rooms (Use Class C1) to 1 x 2 bed 3 person and 1 x 3 bed 4 person flats (Use Class C3) at 2 Sydenham Road, SE26 including cycle store and bin storage. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 14 Aug 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 21 Aug 2026
Documents 14
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 3
Plans & drawings 6
Application forms 1
Site constraints 8
Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, 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 3
Last sold for £360,000 in September 2019. 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 June 2021, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- Lewisham
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Postcode
- SE26 5QW
- Received
- 12 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 19 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Sydenham
- Parish
- Amenity Societies' Panel
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 14 Aug 2026
- Decision
- Refused
- Decision date
- 14 Aug 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Alozie Architects
- Freehold owner
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Refused, as 44% of changes of use here are.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Lewisham in the last twelve months, from validation. Lewisham decision record →
Public comments
7 neighbours consulted · Last counted 21 Aug 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14979401
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14979401
- Neighbours
- 8 Jul 2026
- Consultation
- 8 Jul 2026
- Site or press notice
- 1 Jul 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 14 Aug 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
32 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
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Nearby activity
Lewisham ranks #127 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (90%) 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.
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.
Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.
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