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252A Lee High Road, London, SE13 5PL

DC/23/129805Full Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 22 March 2023

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Alterations and conversion of upper floors into two self-contained flats with new access, change of use of part of the ground floor into retail use, with refuse, recycling & cycle storage at 252A Lee High Road, SE13.

Received
30 December 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Lee Green
Agent
March Design Associates
  1. Received30 Dec
  2. Validated25 Jan
  3. Consult.22 Mar
  4. Target22 Mar
  5. Decided22 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 252A LEE HIGH ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5PL. Lewisham has handled 2,816 applications of this type. This one was decided in 82 days, 4 weeks longer than Lewisham's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 170 applications across Lee Green. We hold 980 applications in total for the SE13 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
SE13 5PL
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Does NOT need to go to BCAP

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 January 2023
Neighbour consultation start
25 January 2023
Last date for comments
22 March 2023
Target decision date
22 March 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
March Design Associates
Agent address
Wren Mews, Lee High Road, London, SE13 5PH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11807593
Comments
0
Documents
11
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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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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© 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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