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First Second And Third Floors, 496 Brixton Road, London, Lambeth, SW9 8EQ

25/03531/P3GPrior Approval: Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E), or betting office or pay day loan shop to mixed use including up to two flats (Use Class C3)Approved
Prior approval

Approved on 7 January 2026

3 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior approval for the change of use of the Class E (business and services) first floor to the change of use to the first floor to create one residential unit (Class C3).

Submitted
12 November 2025
  1. Received12 Nov
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided7 Jan

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at First Second And Third Floors 496 Brixton Road London Lambeth SW9 8EQ. Lambeth has handled 10 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the Brixton conservation area, with 3 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.

82% of all 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 8EQ
Application type
Prior Approval: Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E), or betting office or pay day loan shop to mixed use including up to two flats (Use Class C3)

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

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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2026
    12 Mar

    Approval of details pursuant to conditions 1 (Waste Management Strategy), 2(a) (Acoustic Assessment) and 3…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/00793/DET
  2. 2025
    12 Nov

    Prior approval for the change of use of the Class E (business and services) first floor to the change of use…

    This applicationApprovedApplication25/03531/P3G

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