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172 Railway Arches, Ffinch Street, London, SE8 5QA

DC/25/141654Listed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 6 January 2026

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Listed Building Consent relating to the change of use of railway arches from car parking (Use Class Sui Generis) to flexible light industrial (Use Class E(g)(iii)) and Storage (Use Class B8), with the construction of a lean-to in the rear elevation and external alterations to the front elevation at Arches 172-174 Titan Business Estate, Edward Place, SE8.

Received
30 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Deptford
  1. Received30 Sep
  2. Validated11 Nov
  3. Consult.6 Jan
  4. Target6 Jan
  5. Decided6 Jan

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a change of use at 172 RAILWAY ARCHES, FFINCH STREET, LONDON, SE8 5QA. Lewisham has handled 49 applications of this type. This one was decided in 98 days, 6 weeks longer than Lewisham's typical decision time. The site is in the Deptford High Street conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 63 applications across Deptford. We hold 385 applications in total for the SE8 postcode area.

95% of heritage 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
SE8 5QA
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 November 2025
Consultation expiry
19 November 2025
Neighbour consultation start
18 November 2025
Last date for comments
6 January 2026
Target decision date
6 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Turley
Agent address
Brownlow Yard, 12 Roger Street, London, WC1N 2JU

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
19 November 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14353458
Comments
0
Documents
23
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: 0+1 more
  • Article 4 direction: Small HMO Northern Extension
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Deptford High Street
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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.

Source: Lewisham

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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