Havilland House And The Church Of St Anselm, 13 Sancroft Street London SE11 5UG

26/02355/DETRefused

Discharge / amendments

Refused on 8 October 2026

Council decision: Refuse Permission1 reason for refusal

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Approval of details pursuant to conditions 28 (Energy Statement), 31 (Energy) & 33 (BREEAM) of planning permission 21/04939/FUL (Demolition of Havilland House and the vestry of the Church of St Anselm. Redevelopment of the site involving erection of three storey building with roof top to provide a new church hall (Use Class F1/F2), including kitchen and ancillary spaces at ground floor and 9 residential units (Use Class C3) on the upper floors with communal roof terrace, together with the provision of cycle and refuse store and associated landscaping) granted on 10.11.2025.

Received: 14 August 2026
Public comments: 0 · last counted 4 November 2026
Council: London Borough of Lambeth
Ward: Kennington

ReceivedReceived14 Aug
ValidatedValidated14 Aug
Consult.Consultation15 Sep
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided8 Oct

Decided in 55 days

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Havilland House And The Church Of St Anselm, 13 Sancroft Street London SE11 5UG. Lambeth has handled 15,936 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in the Kennington conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There have been 8 other applications at this address. We hold 1,220 applications in total for the SE11 postcode area.

Why it was refused

Insufficient information has been provided to satisfy the stipulations of condition 28, and therefore it has not been demonstrated that the development would make the fullest contribution to sustainability, contrary to Policies SI 2 and SI 3 of the London Plan (2021) and Policy EN3 of the Lambeth Local Plan (2021).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode: SE11 5UG

Planning application dates

Date validated: 14 August 2026
Consultation end: 15 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant company

Rocco Homes Limited

Company number 06354656

Status: Active
Type: Private limited company
Incorporated: 29 Aug 2007 (19 years old)
Nature of business: Development of building projects; Activities of other holding companies; Other business support service activities
Registered office: Cobham

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Company information from Companies House.

Planning decision

Case officer: Katherine Leftwich

Additional information

Documents: 9

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
Conservation area: Kennington

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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.

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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.

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Planning history at this site

11 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Lambeth

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