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Flat 56, Goby House, Creative Road, London, SE8 3GN

DC/25/142416Full Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 9 February 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Retrospective application for the change of use from an existing C3 (residential) to a C4 (Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) at Flat 56, Goby House, Creative Road SE8.

Received
12 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Deptford
Agent
Martin Arnold Ltd
  1. Received12 Dec
  2. Validated15 Dec
  3. Consult.9 Feb
  4. Target9 Feb
  5. Decided9 Feb

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at FLAT 56, GOBY HOUSE, CREATIVE ROAD, LONDON, SE8 3GN. Lewisham has handled 2,816 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 3 days longer than Lewisham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

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
SE8 3GN
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 December 2025
Consultation expiry
31 December 2025
Last date for comments
9 February 2026
Target decision date
9 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Martin Arnold Ltd
Architect profile
MARTIN ARNOLD LIMITED
Agent address
4 Gunnery Terrace, The Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, SE18 6SW

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
31 December 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14539298
Comments
0
Documents
11
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Deptford Creekside
  • Article 4 direction: Lower Creekside LSIS+1 more

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage 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

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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