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38 Robert Lowe Close, London, SE14 5QB

DC/23/134329Lawful Development Certificate existingApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 19 January 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

This 3-bedroom house was originally built for single-household usage (Class 3). The structure of this house has not been altered, but its use has been changed from Class 3 to Class 4 as a small HMO property (Class 4) under the UK Government's permitted development rights since 11th July 2019. However, a change in Local Government rule (Article 4 Direction) removes this right. To continually use this property as Class 4 (a small HMO house), I would like to apply for a lawful development certificate to allow me to use the property lawfully.

Received
27 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
New Cross Gate
  1. Received27 Dec
  2. Validated28 Dec
  3. Consult.22 Feb
  4. Target22 Feb
  5. Decided19 Jan

Decided in 22 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 38 ROBERT LOWE CLOSE, LONDON, SE14 5QB. Lewisham has handled 365 applications of this type. This one was decided in 23 days, 5 weeks quicker than Lewisham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across New Cross Gate. We hold 375 applications in total for the SE14 postcode area.

80% of amendment 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
SE14 5QB
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate existing
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 December 2023
Last date for comments
22 February 2024
Target decision date
22 February 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: HatchamNext to the site
  • Article 4 direction: Small HMO Northern Extension

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

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© 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.

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Source: Lewisham

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