Lower Flat, 56A Leyland Road, London, SE12 8EA
Approved on 22 January 2026
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate (existing) submitted under section 191 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 (as ammended) for the use of the ground floor premises as a self-contained residential flat at 56A Leyland Road, SE12 (Use Class C3).
- Received
- 26 November 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Lewisham
- Ward
- Lee Green
- Agent
- MRW Design
- ReceivedReceived26 Nov
- ValidatedValidated27 Nov
- Consult.Consultation22 Jan
- TargetTarget Date22 Jan
- DecidedDecided22 Jan
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at LOWER FLAT, 56A LEYLAND ROAD, LONDON, SE12 8EA. Lewisham has handled 365 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 170 applications across Lee Green. We hold 524 applications in total for the SE12 postcode area.
80% of amendment 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
- SE12 8EA
- Application type
- Lawful Development Certificate existing
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Does NOT need to go to BCAP
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 27 November 2025
- Last date for comments
- 22 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 22 January 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- MRW Design
- Architect profile
- MRW DESIGN LTD
- Agent address
- The Ridge Golf Course, Chartway Street, Maidstone, ME17 3JB
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Article 4 direction: Small HMO Northern Extension
- 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.
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Source: Lewisham
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