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Princess Louise Building, 12 Hales Street, London, SE8 4RB

DC/25/141781Lawful development: Proposed useApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 23 December 2025

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Proposal

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) submitted under Section 192 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) for the removal of the combustible external cladding system and installation of non-combustible cladding at Princess Louise Building, 12 Hales Street, SE8.

Submitted
28 October 2025
  1. Received28 Oct
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided23 Dec

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at PRINCESS LOUISE BUILDING, 12 HALES STREET, LONDON, SE8 4RB. Lewisham has handled 182 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. 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.

87% of lawful development: proposed 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
SE8 4RB
Application type
Lawful development: Proposed use

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: 0+1 more
  • Article 4 direction: Small HMO Northern Extension
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Deptford High Street

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.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: Lewisham

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