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University Hospital Lewisham, Lewisham High Street, London, SE13 6LH

DC/25/141850Prior Approval for Solar PanelsApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 9 December 2025

Council decision: Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior Approval under Schedule 2, Part 14, Class J of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended) for the installation of a roof top solar array on the roof of a non-domestic building (Block Building JOO) at University Hospital, Lewisham High Street SE13.

Received
17 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rushey Green
  1. Received17 Oct
  2. Validated17 Oct
  3. Consult.12 Dec
  4. Target12 Dec
  5. Decided9 Dec

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEWISHAM, LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE13 6LH. Lewisham has handled 1,023 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Lewisham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 10 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 160 applications across Rushey Green. We hold 980 applications in total for the SE13 postcode area.

75% of outline 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
SE13 6LH
Application type
Prior Approval for Solar Panels
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 October 2025
Last date for comments
12 December 2025
Target decision date
12 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
The Urbanists
Agent address
Westgate House, Womanby Street, Cardiff, CF10 1BR

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14382012
Comments
0
Documents
8
Constraints
12

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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Planning history at this site

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    17 Sep

    Application submitted under Section 96a of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) for a…

    PendingNon-material amendmentDC/26/145186
  2. 2026
    30 Mar

    Prior Approval under Schedule 2, Part 14, Class J of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted…

    ApprovedPrior Approval for Solar PanelsDC/26/143543
  3. 2026
    25 Feb

    The refurbishment of the existing infusion suite facilities, together with the provision of a metal screening…

    ApprovedFull Planning PermissionDC/26/143126
  4. 2026
    5 Jan

    Amended works omit TWO Sycamore T24,T25 as agreed in agents email 3 Feb 2026: CENTRAL: ONE Sycamore…

    ApprovedTrees in Conservation AreasDC/26/142583
  5. 2025
    14 Nov

    The upgrading of the existing substation C, which serves the AOO block, the installation of a new twin…

    ApprovedFull Planning PermissionDC/25/142131
  6. 2025
    14 Aug

    Details submitted pursuant to Condition 4-Fixed Plant Noise and Condition 5-Air Source Heat Pump of planning…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDC/25/141131

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