Skip to content

2 Dartmouth Road, London, SE23 3XU

DC/25/138784Commercial to Residential Prior ApprovalApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 19 March 2025

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Prior Approval under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended) for the change of use to the upper floors (first, second and third) from office use (Use Class E) to two self-contained flats (Use Class C3) at 2 Dartmouth Road, SE23.

Received
23 January 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Forest Hill
  1. Received23 Jan
  2. Validated23 Jan
  3. Consult.20 Mar
  4. Target20 Mar
  5. Decided19 Mar

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 2 DARTMOUTH ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3XU. Lewisham has handled 1,023 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 181 applications across Forest Hill. We hold 2,610 applications in total for the SE23 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.Planning something similar? See what gets approved on your street

Application details

Postcode
SE23 3XU
Application type
Commercial to Residential Prior Approval
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 January 2025
Consultation expiry
5 February 2025
Consultation start
27 January 2025
Neighbour consultation start
28 January 2025
Last date for comments
20 March 2025
Target decision date
20 March 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
MAC
Agent address
Hamberlins Cottages, Berkhamsted, HP4 3TB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
5 February 2025
Site notice start
27 January 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13717317
Comments
0
Documents
26
Constraints
7

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: Forest Hill
  • Article 4 direction: Forest Hill Article 4(3) Direction+2 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    27 May

    Details submitted pursuant to Condition 5(a)-Refuse Management Plan of Prior Approval DC/25/138784

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDC/25/140251
  2. 2025
    23 Jan

    Prior Approval under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted…

    This applicationApprovedOutlineDC/25/138784

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 SE23

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

Planning something similar?

See what the council approved and refused for changes of use on your street. Pick your home and get the evidence before you pay for drawings.

See what gets approved on your streetBuying this property? Report on this address