Sainsbury's, Southend Lane, London, SE26 4PU
Approved on 23 December 2025
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
The construction of a single-storey pod (Use Class Sui Generis), together with additional parking spaces and all associated works at Sainsburys, Southend Lane SE26.
- Received
- 6 October 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Lewisham
- Ward
- Bellingham
- ReceivedReceived6 Oct
- ValidatedValidated7 Oct
- Consult.Consultation5 Nov
- TargetTarget Date2 Dec
- DecidedDecided23 Dec
Decided in 77 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at SAINSBURY'S, SOUTHEND LANE, LONDON, SE26 4PU. Lewisham has handled 2,816 applications of this type. This one was decided in 78 days, 3 weeks longer than Lewisham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 49 applications across Bellingham. We hold 2,166 applications in total for the SE26 postcode area.
85% of full 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 4PU
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 7 October 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 5 November 2025
- Consultation end
- 5 November 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 5 November 2025
- Last date for comments
- 2 December 2025
- Target decision date
- 2 December 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- WSP
- Agent address
- 1st Floor Station House, Tithebarn Street, Exchange Station, L2 2PQ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 5 November 2025
- Site notice start
- 15 October 2025
- Site notice end
- 5 November 2025
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Article 4 direction: Small Houses in Multiple Occupation Article 4
- Brownfield land register: Sainsbury's Bell GreenRegister 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
- 20258 Oct
Display of various non-illuminated vinyl signs on the elevations of the proposed pod at Sainsburys, Southend…
ApprovedAdvertisement consentFiled alongsideDC/25/141715 - 20256 Oct
The construction of a single-storey pod (Use Class Sui Generis), together with additional parking spaces and…
This applicationApprovedFullDC/25/141714
Source: Lewisham
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