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Development Control Pseudo Street, SW9 8EN

25/01985/LDCELawful development: Existing useRefused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 2 October 2025

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing) with respect to the use of second and third floors of the property as two separate small HMOs (houses in multiple occupation) (Use Class C4).

Submitted
29 July 2025
  1. Received29 Jul
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided2 Oct

Decided in 65 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Development Control Pseudo Street, SW9 8EN. Lambeth has handled 35 applications of this type. This one was decided in 65 days, 9 days longer than Lambeth's typical decision time. The site is in the Brixton conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across BRACRE. We hold 1,813 applications in total for the SW9 postcode area.

75% of lawful development: existing use applications at London Borough of Lambeth were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SW9 8EN
Application type
Lawful development: Existing use

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Brixton
  • Article 4 direction: Modified Direction 3 - Town Centres
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Source: Lambeth

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