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Regent House Business Centre, 291-307 Kirkdale, London, SE26 4QZ

DC/20/117698Office Prior ApprovalApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 21 September 2020

Council decision: Approval RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Prior Approval for the change of use of the first and second floors from offices (Use Class B1a) to 31 residential units (Use Class C3) units comprising 21 x studio flats, 8 x one bedroom flats, and 2 x two bedroom flats pursuant to Class O of Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 at Regent House Business Centre, 291-307 Kirkdale, SE26

Received
27 July 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Sydenham
Agent
KG Creative Consultancy
  1. Received27 Jul
  2. Validated27 Jul
  3. Consult.21 Sep
  4. Target21 Sep
  5. Decided21 Sep

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at REGENT HOUSE BUSINESS CENTRE, 291-307 KIRKDALE, LONDON, SE26 4QZ. Lewisham has handled 1,023 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications 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.

75% of outline 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 4QZ
Application type
Office Prior Approval
Scale / size
Medium
Number of dwellings
31
Parish
Does NOT need to go to BCAP

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 July 2020
Consultation expiry
19 August 2020
Neighbour consultation start
7 September 2020
Last date for comments
21 September 2020
Target decision date
21 September 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
KG Creative Consultancy
Agent address
Birdhurst Lodge, 77 Wray Park Road, Reigate, RH2 0EQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
19 August 2020
Site notice start
19 August 2020

Additional information

Documents
14
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

Associated applications

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    11 Jun

    An application submitted under Section 73 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 for a Minor Material…

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)DC/25/140432
  2. 2020
    27 Jul

    Prior Approval for the change of use of the first and second floors from offices (Use Class B1a) to 31…

    This applicationApprovedOutlineDC/20/117698

Source: Lewisham

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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