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St Andrews United Reformed Church, Brockley Road, London, SE4 2SA

DC/25/140245Lawful development: Existing useRefused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 10 June 2025

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate (existing) submitted under Section 191 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) for the change of use of the rear church hall from Use Class F1 to an indoor sport, recreation, or fitness hall falling within Use Class E(d) at the St Andrews United Reformed Church, Brockley Road, SE4.

Submitted
27 May 2025
  1. Received27 May
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided10 Jun

Decided in 14 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at ST ANDREWS UNITED REFORMED CHURCH, BROCKLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2SA. Lewisham has handled 41 applications of this type. This one was decided in 14 days, 6 weeks quicker than Lewisham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 169 applications across Ladywell. We hold 647 applications in total for the SE4 postcode area.

75% of lawful development: existing use 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
SE4 2SA
Application type
Lawful development: Existing use

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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.

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