Hesper House, Wells Park Road, London, SE26 6RQ
Approved on 6 May 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 15 February 2023, 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: "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, in order to allow:- Amendment to description of development to remove the specific reference to number of residential units (and to add a new Condition - quantum of development) and to remove specific reference to number of car parking numbers at Hesper House Wells Park Road SE26.
- Submitted
- 14 April 2025
- Council
- London Borough of Lewisham
- ReceivedSubmitted14 Apr
- ValidatedValidated
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided6 May
Decided in 22 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 22 days, 5 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
Site constraints
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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Associated applications
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Planning history at this site
5 other applications at this property, newest first.
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An application submitted under Section 73 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 for a Minor Material…
ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)DC/25/139315
Source: Lewisham
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