Hesper House, Wells Park Road, London, SE26 6RQ

DC/25/139313Non-Material AmendmentRefused

Discharge / amendments

Refused on 4 April 2025

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Proposal

An application submitted under Section 96a of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 for a non-material amendment in connection with the planning permission (DC/21/120262) dated 20 February 2024, in order to allow change of development description from : "Demolition of existing buildings on site and the construction of a 5-storey building (plus lower ground) consisting of 5 x three bedroom, 8 x two bedroom and 2 x one bedroom self-contained dwellings at the site known as Hesper House, Wells Park Road, SE26, incorporating 6 off-street parking spaces, together with associated landscaping and refuse and cycle parking facilities" to: "Phased development comprising demolition of existing buildings on site and the construction of a 5-storey building (plus lower ground) consisting of self-contained dwellings at the site known as Hesper House, Wells Park Road, SE26, incorporating off-street parking spaces, together with associated landscaping and refuse and cycle parking facilities" at Hesper House Wells Park Road SE26.

Submitted: 7 March 2025
Council: London Borough of Lewisham

ReceivedSubmitted7 Mar
ValidatedValidated
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided4 Apr

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at HESPER HOUSE, WELLS PARK ROAD, LONDON, SE26 6RQ. Lewisham has handled 59 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 weeks quicker than Lewisham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 181 applications across Forest Hill. We hold 2,166 applications in total for the SE26 postcode area.

81% of non-material 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: SE26 6RQ
Application type: Non-Material Amendment

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Article 4 direction: Small HMO Northern Extension
Brownfield land register: Hesper House, Wells Park RoadRegister site at or near this address · +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, 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 and heritage coasts.

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5 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Lewisham

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