Phoenix Works, Bird-in-hand Passage, London, SE23 3HW
Approved on 1 August 2008
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Amendments to elevational treatment to the building in course of construction, in respect of the planning permission dated 7 November 2007 for the construction of a two to four storey, plus mezzanine floor building, incorporating balconies on the site of Phoenix Works, Bird In Hand Passage SE23 to create 2 commercial units (Use Class B1 Business), 9 one bedroom and 1 two bedroom live/work units, 7 one bedroom and 7 two bedroom self contained units, together with landscaping, provision of bin storage, 27 bicycle and 15 car parking spaces with access onto Bird In Hand Passage, the widening of the railway footpath and the provision of a new footpath link to Bird In Hand Passage.
- Received
- 19 February 2008
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Lewisham
- Ward
- Forest Hill
- Agent
- Fereday Pollard Architects Ltd
- ReceivedReceived19 Feb
- ValidatedValidated6 Mar
- Consult.Consultation1 May
- TargetTarget Date1 May
- DecidedDecided1 Aug
Decided in 148 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Phoenix Works, Bird-in-hand Passage, London, SE23 3HW. Lewisham has handled 2,816 applications of this type. This one was decided in 164 days, 15 weeks longer than Lewisham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 181 applications across Forest Hill. We hold 2,610 applications in total for the SE23 postcode area.
85% of full applications at London Borough of Lewisham were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- SE23 3HW
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Amenity Societies' Panel
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 March 2008
- Consultation expiry
- 12 March 2008
- Neighbour consultation start
- 26 March 2008
- Last date for comments
- 1 May 2008
- Target decision date
- 1 May 2008
- Committee meeting
- 1 August 2008
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Fereday Pollard Architects Ltd
- Architect profile
- FEREDAY POLLARD ARCHITECTS LIMITED
- Agent address
- 34-35 Great Sutton Street, London, EC1V 0DX
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 12 March 2008
- Site notice start
- 12 March 2008
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Forest Hill
- Article 4 direction: Forest Hill Article 4(3) Direction+1 more
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: Lewisham
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