Skip to content

7 Drakefell Road, London, SE14 5SL

DC/23/133690Householder ApplicationRefused
Householder

Refused on 16 January 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Retrospective application for installation of a front lightwell to the new basement extension at 7 Drakefell Road SE14.

Received
1 November 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Telegraph Hill
Agent
ASCAPE LLP
  1. Received1 Nov
  2. Validated21 Nov
  3. Consult.16 Jan
  4. Target16 Jan
  5. Decided16 Jan

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at 7 DRAKEFELL ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5SL. Lewisham has handled 2,816 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days, 3 weeks longer than Lewisham's typical decision time. The site is in the Telegraph Hill conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 109 applications across Telegraph Hill. We hold 375 applications in total for the SE14 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode
SE14 5SL
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Does NOT need to go to BCAP

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 November 2023
Consultation expiry
29 November 2023
Neighbour consultation start
18 December 2023
Last date for comments
16 January 2024
Target decision date
16 January 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
ASCAPE LLP
Agent address
60 High Street, London, SW19 5EE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
29 November 2023
Site notice start
4 December 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12573504
Documents
8
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Telegraph Hill
  • Article 4 direction: Small HMO Northern Extension+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.

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

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

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near SE14

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

What's been approved on your street?

See what the council approved and refused near this address for the project you have in mind, and the rules that apply here.

Get The Signal Report