Hesper House, Wells Park Road, London, SE26 6RQ
Approved on 20 May 2025
Proposal
An application submitted under Section 73 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 for a Minor Material Amendment in connection with the planning permission (DC/21/120262) dated 23 February 2023 to vary the wording of Conditions: 2. Approved Plans ; 3. Site Contamination; 4. Construction Management Plan ; 8. Air Quality Assessment ; 13. (a) Soft Landscaping and Urban Greening ; 16. (a) Electric Vehicle Charging Points ; 18. Living Roofs ; 21. Construction of vehicular Access ; 22 (a) Energy and Sustainability Statement ; 24. Obscure Glazing (Removal of Condition) ; 26. Provision of parking spaces ; 28 PV Panels ; 31 (a) Soil and Groundwater Investigations ; 32 (a). Urban Greening Factor ; 34. Unit Mix. And to: i) alter the building footprint by circa 300 mm outwards ; ii) to make internal re-configurations around a central core ; iii) to provide 2 additional dwellings at lower ground floor ; iv) to make amendments to landscape plan and roof design ; v) to make amendment to elevations - changed to express deep floor bands and balconies supported by a grid of slender columns ; vi) changes to massing at Hesper House Wells Park Road SE26.
- Received
- 7 March 2025
- Council
- London Borough of Lewisham
- Ward
- Forest Hill
- ReceivedReceived7 Mar
- ValidatedValidated
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided20 May
Decided in 74 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at HESPER HOUSE, WELLS PARK ROAD, LONDON, SE26 6RQ. Lewisham has handled 365 applications of this type. This one was decided in 74 days, 3 weeks longer than Lewisham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 6 other applications at this address. We hold 2,166 applications in total for the SE26 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
- SE26 6RQ
- Application type
- Minor Material Amendment
Planning application dates
- Validated
- 7 March 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Craftworks
- Agent address
- Unit 52.11, Woolyard, 52 Bermondsey Street, London, SE1 3 UD
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13834346
- Comments
- 0
- Documents
- 0
- Constraints
- 4
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Article 4 direction: Small HMO Northern Extension
- Brownfield land register: Hesper House, Wells Park RoadRegister site at or near this address
- 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.
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
- 20257 Mar
An application submitted under Section 96a of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 for a non-material…
RefusedNon-material amendmentFiled alongsideDC/25/139313 - 20257 Mar
An application submitted under Section 73 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 for a Minor Material…
This applicationApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)DC/25/139315
Planning history at this site
5 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20268 Jun
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate (Existing) submitted under Section 191 of the Town & Country…
ApprovedLawful development: Existing useDC/26/144270 - 202528 Oct
Details submitted pursuant to Condition 4-Construction Management Plan and Condition 12-Tree Protection Plan…
WithdrawnDischarge of conditionsDC/25/141960 - 202528 Oct
Non-Material Amendment to planning permission DC/21/120262
ApprovedNon-material amendmentDC/25/141961 - 202512 Jun
An application submitted under Section 73 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 for a Minor Material…
ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)DC/25/140357 - 202514 Apr
An application submitted under Section 96a of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 for a non-material…
ApprovedNon-material amendmentDC/25/139790
Source: Lewisham
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