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House Managers Flat, Homewalk House, Jews Walk, London, SE26 4NN

DC/15/093648Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 17 November 2015

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

The change of use of the House Managers Flat, Homewalk House, Jews Walk, SE26 to (Use Class C2) Residential Institutions, to provide a sheltered flat for occupation by an elderly person.

Received
8 September 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sydenham
Agent
Williams Lester Architects
  1. Received8 Sep
  2. Validated23 Sep
  3. Consult.18 Nov
  4. Target18 Nov
  5. Decided17 Nov

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at HOUSE MANAGERS FLAT, HOMEWALK HOUSE, JEWS WALK, LONDON, SE26 4NN. Lewisham has handled 2,816 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer than Lewisham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 112 applications across Sydenham. We hold 2,166 applications in total for the SE26 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
SE26 4NN
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Amenity Societies' Panel

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 September 2015
Consultation expiry
7 October 2015
Neighbour consultation start
24 September 2015
Last date for comments
18 November 2015
Target decision date
18 November 2015

Applicant and agent

Agent
Williams Lester Architects
Architect profile
WILLIAMS LESTER LIMITED
Agent address
Endeavour House, Crow Arch Lane, Ringwood, Hampshire, BH24 1PN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
7 October 2015
Site notice start
7 October 2015

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
8
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Jews Walk
  • Article 4 direction: Small HMO Northern Extension
  • 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.

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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Lewisham

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