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121 Rushey Green, London, SE6 4AA

DC/25/142186Commercial to Residential Prior ApprovalRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 12 January 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Prior Approval under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class G of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended) for the change of use of the first, second and third floors from Commercial (Use Class E) into a studio and one self-contained flat (Use Class C3) together with associated access and bin storage at 121 Rushey Green SE6.

Received
20 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Rushey Green
Agent
Lusher Architects
  1. Received20 Nov
  2. Validated20 Nov
  3. Consult.15 Jan
  4. Target15 Jan
  5. Decided12 Jan

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 121 RUSHEY GREEN, LONDON, SE6 4AA. 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 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 160 applications across Rushey Green. We hold 1,059 applications in total for the SE6 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
SE6 4AA
Application type
Commercial to Residential Prior Approval
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 November 2025
Neighbour consultation start
16 December 2025
Last date for comments
15 January 2026
Target decision date
15 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Lusher Architects
Agent address
21 Thomas More House, Barbican, London, EC2Y 8BT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14467182
Documents
13
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Article 4 direction: Catford Major Centre+1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, 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

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