3 Freshfield Close, London, SE13 5NZ
Refused on 18 March 2026
Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal
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Proposal
Prior Approval for the construction of an additional storey plus roof space resulting in a maximum height of 9.0m at 3 Freshfield Close SE13, under Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 1, Class AA.
- Received
- 26 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- London Borough of Lewisham
- Ward
- Blackheath
- Agent
- OPS Chartered Surveyors
- ReceivedReceived26 Dec
- ValidatedValidated29 Jan
- Consult.Consultation26 Mar
- TargetTarget Date26 Mar
- DecidedDecided18 Mar
Decided in 48 days
About this application
This is a planning application at 3 FRESHFIELD CLOSE, LONDON, SE13 5NZ. Lewisham has handled 9,122 applications of this type. This one was decided in 82 days, 4 weeks longer than Lewisham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 166 applications across Blackheath. We hold 980 applications in total for the SE13 postcode area.
Why it was refused
- Prior approval is refused under Schedule 2, Part 1, Class AA, condition AA.2 (3)(a)(ii) as the proposal would form an incongruous, unsympathetic and visually jarring addition to the host property and wider street scene that would detract from the uniformity of the terrace in a prominent location, resulting in a materially harmful visual impact to the appearance of the property and local character. As such, the proposal is contrary to Paragraph 131 of the National Planning Policy Framework (2024), Policy D3 of the London Plan (2021), Policies QD1, QD8 and QD9 of the Lewisham Local Plan (2025) and the provisions of the Alterations and Extensions SPD (April 2019).
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- SE13 5NZ
- Application type
- Dwellinghouse Additional Storey Prior Ap
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Does NOT need to go to BCAP
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 29 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 27 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 26 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 26 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- OPS Chartered Surveyors
- Agent address
- 17 Garvin Avenue, Beaconsfield, HP9 1RD
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 12 January 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14590343
- Documents
- 6
- Constraints
- 5
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Article 4 direction: Small HMO Northern Extension
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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