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Garages At The Side Of 37 & 121-125 Carston Close, London, SE12 8DX

DC/26/142692Application for DemolitionApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 19 February 2026

Council decision: Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Prior Approval under Part 11 Class B of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended), for the demolition of the garages at the side of 37 and 121-125 Carston Close, Lee Green, SE12.

Received
16 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Lee Green
Agent
Montagu Evans LLP
  1. Received16 Jan
  2. Validated16 Jan
  3. Consult.13 Feb
  4. Target13 Feb
  5. Decided19 Feb

Decided in 34 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at GARAGES AT THE SIDE OF 37 & 121-125 CARSTON CLOSE, LONDON, SE12 8DX. Lewisham has handled 18 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 3 weeks quicker than Lewisham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. 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.

86% of all 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 8DX
Application type
Application for Demolition
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 January 2026
Neighbour consultation start
17 February 2026
Last date for comments
13 February 2026
Target decision date
13 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Montagu Evans LLP
Agent address
70 St Mary Axe, London, EC3A 8BE

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14450958
Documents
8
Constraints
6

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: 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.

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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