What's changing near SE26 6RU
Within 2 km, around Sydenham Hill in Southwark. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
222new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
369homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
-2.4%like-for-like prices in Sydenham Hill, 2024 → 2025 (council +1.2%)
-12%recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first
- New homes
10 new homes completedflats · Jul 2026 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026
1.7 km away - New homes
72 new homes completedflats · Oct 2025
Oct 2025
500 m away - New homes
27 new homes completedflats · Oct 2025
Oct 2025
500 m away - New homes
16 new homes completedflats · Jun 2025
Jun 2025
900 m away - New homes
5 new homes completedflats · May 2025
Jun 2025
1.2 km away - Planning permissionMay 2025
1.5 km away - New homes
8 new homes completedflats · May 2025
May 2025
1.9 km away - New homes
6 new homes completedflats · Apr 2025
Apr 2025
1.1 km away - Planning permissionApr 2025
700 m away - Planning permissionNov 2024
150 m away - New homes
28 new homes completedflats · Nov 2024
Planning applications within 500 m
25applications in the last 12 months
21approved · 0 refused
3still being decided
18net new homes in approved schemes since 2023
- Approved
Street Record, Peckarmans Wood5 day notice for the removal of imminently dangerous 2 x ash trees in Dulwich woods. T8466 - veteranize:'monolith' to 3m above ground level. All arisings to stay on site. T8467 - Fell to 1.5m above ground level. All arisings to stay on site.Southwark 26/AP/2776 · All Other
Sept 2026
100 m away - Application Under Consideration
50, Peckarmans Wood, SE26 6RZ(T1) Cherry Crown reduce height by 2m and lateral growth by 1m - routine maintenance Height from 5.5m to 3.5m Crown spread from 2.5m to 1.5m (T2) Apple Crown reduce by 1.5m - routine maintenance Height from 4.0m to 2.5m Crown spread from 1.5m to 1.0m (T3) Plum Crown reduce by 1m - routine maintenance Height from 3.0m to 2.0m Crown spread from 2.0m to 1.2mSouthwark 26/AP/2656 · All Other
Sept 2026
100 m away - Application Under Consideration
3, Flat 3, Crescent Wood Road, SE26 6RTT7473 - Common Holly -Young twin-stemmed holly, (likely self set) with very sparse canopy and poor vitality, symptomatic with the suppression from the adjacent mature trees. Proposed fell to 50cm above ground level and treat with systemic herbicide (ECO-PLUG). Replacement tree in line with TDE's tree replacement policy.Southwark 26/AP/2635 · All Other
Sept 2026
200 m away - Application Under Consideration
3, Flat 3, Crescent Wood Road, SE26 6RTFell T7446, a mature false acacia bordering woodland and amenity grassland, to 1m above ground level due to significant basal decay on the western tension side and a pronounced lean to the east, with natural regeneration proposed in lieu of replacement as a woodland edge tree.Southwark 26/AP/2632 · All Other
Sept 2026
200 m away - Approved
Street Record, Great Brownings5 DAY NOTIFICATION: De minimis works Tree ID Common Name Work Task Description 1921 Pedunculate oak Deadwood > 5cm Remove major deadwood. 1924 Pedunculate oak Deadwood > 5cm Remove major deadwood. 7887 Pedunculate oak Deadwood > 5cm Remove major deadwood. 1913 Pedunculate oak Deadwood > 5cm Remove major deadwood. 1907 Pedunculate oak Deadwood > 5cm Remove major deadwood. 1900 Pedunculate oak
12homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 46 m²
24since energy certificates began (2008)
2in SE26 6RU itself
- Extendedcertificate 2025
- Extendedcertificate 2021
Spotted when a home's energy certificate shows at least 15 m² (and 15%) more floor area than an earlier one. Only homes with two certificates show up, so the real number is higher. A busy street suggests extensions get permission here; check the council's planning register for the details.
Storm overflows within 2 km
No monitored sewer storm overflows within 2 km (England only).
Environment Agency event duration monitoring, 2025 annual return (OGL; © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026). Overflows release diluted sewage into rivers and the sea when sewers are overwhelmed, mostly after heavy rain.
Solar, wind and battery projects within 10 km
48 planned, approved or being built and 3 running (62 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
- Rooftop solar
Dulwich College, College Road - Solar panelsApproved, not yet built · 660 kW
Dec 2024
1.1 km away - Rooftop solar
Knights Hill - Solar PV equipmentApproved, not yet built · 180 kW
Sept 2023
2.5 km away - Rooftop solar
Sedgehill Academy, Sedgehill Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 390 kW
Nov 2025
3.5 km away - Rooftop solar
The Spa, Beckenham Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 290 kW
Apr 2023
3.5 km away - Rooftop solar
William Booth Training College, Champion Park - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Aug 2023
4.0 km away - Rooftop solar
William Booth Training College, Champion Park - Solar PanelsPlanning application in
Jul 2023
4.0 km away - Rooftop solar
Streatham Ice & Leisure, Streatham High Road - Solar Panels & ASHPApproved, not yet built · 330 kW
Mar 2024
4.3 km away - Rooftop solar
Croydon Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 180 kW
Oct 2023
4.4 km away - Rooftop solar
Peckham Pulse Leisure Centre, Melon Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 230 kW
Jan 2025
4.5 km away - Rooftop solar
Selhurst Traincare Depot, Selhurst Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 1 MW
Nov 2025
4.8 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
4 permitted works running now or planned.
- Standard
Sydenham Hill, LondonHighway repair and maintenance works · LONDON BOROUGH OF LEWISHAM · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
450 m away - Minor
Longton Avenue, LondonUtility repair and maintenance works · THAMES WATER · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
650 m away - Immediate - urgent
Crystal Palace Parade, LondonHighway repair and maintenance works · LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK · Some carriageway incursion
Sept 2026 to Oct 2026
900 m away - Minor
Derby Hill Crescent, LondonUtility repair and maintenance works · BT · Give and take
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
1000 m away
DfT Street Manager permits (OGL), England. Dates are the planned ones; works often finish early or overrun.
Major infrastructure projects within 30 km
- Pre-applicationapplication due March 2028
7.6 km away - Decideddecided Sept 2014
8.9 km away - Decided
Silvertown TunnelHighways · The new road tunnel will pass under the River Thames between Silvertown and North Greenwich decided May 2018
9.5 km away - Decided
Riverside Energy ParkGenerating Stations · Immediately to the west of the existing Riverside Resource Recovery Facility,Bexley, London decided Apr 2020
17.4 km away - Decideddecided Nov 2025
17.7 km away - Pre-applicationapplication due March 2027
18.7 km away - Decided
Transport schemes within 20 km
- Transport
Northern line extension: Nine ElmsNew Underground station, opened September 2021
Sept 2021
6.6 km away - Transport
Northern line extension: Battersea Power StationNew Underground station, opened September 2021
Sept 2021
7.1 km away - TransportMay 2022
11.7 km away - Transport
Barking Riverside Overground stationNew station and Overground extension, opened July 2022
Jul 2022
16.0 km away - Transport
HS2: Old Oak Common stationUnder construction (HS2 and Elizabeth line interchange)
under construction
16.1 km away - Transport
Brent Cross West stationNew Thameslink station, opened December 2023
Dec 2023
18.5 km away
Approved39, Dulwich Wood House, Sydenham Hill, SE26 6RSFive-day notification for tree works within a conservation area, including the felling of dead and dangerous trees. Species: T2 Cypress (Structurally stable, but poor form and dead wood throughout the crown.) Reason for Works: Major dead branches. Species: S3. Laurel Reason for Works: Partial dead: Reduce to sound wood and shape as necessary Species: T4. Pear Tree Location: Reason for Works: UnstSouthwark 26/AP/1307 · All Other
May 2026
200 m away Approved37, 37 PANMURE ROAD, LONDON, SE26 6NBApplication for a Lawful Development Certificate (proposed) submitted under Section 192 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) Class A of Schedule 2, Part 1 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for the construction of a single storey rear extension at 37 Panmure Road, SE26.Lewisham DC/26/143774 · All Other
Apr 2026
450 m away ApprovedTHE HILL HOUSE, 28A SYDENHAM HILL, LONDON, SE26 6TPDetails submitted pursuant to Condition 7-Materials Design Quality, Condition 14-Boundary Treatments and Condition 15-Electric Vehicle Charging Points of planning permission DC/23/132191 dated 29th November 2024 at Highfield House, 28 Sydenham Hill SE26 and The Hill House, 28A Sydenham Hill SE26.Lewisham DC/25/142019 · All Other
Nov 2025
150 m away ApprovedTHE HILL HOUSE, 28A SYDENHAM HILL, LONDON, SE26 6TPDetails submitted pursuant to Condition 3-Construction Management Plan and Condition 9-Air Quality Assessment of planning permission DC/23/132191 dated 29th November 2024 at Highfield House, 28 Sydenham Hill SE26 and The Hill House, 28A Sydenham Hill SE26.Lewisham DC/25/142010 · All Other
Nov 2025
150 m away Running nearest: SELCHP ERF (energy from waste, 5.9 km); Beddington EfW (energy from waste, 8.0 km); Thameside DC (rooftop solar, 9.4 km).
DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database, April to June 2026 (OGL). Projects of 150 kW and over; refused, withdrawn and abandoned ones are left out.
Planning Inspectorate list of nationally significant infrastructure projects (roads, railways, energy, water, waste), October 2026 (OGL). Each is placed at one point, usually the middle of the site; long schemes run well beyond it.