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Pool Court, Fordmill Road, London, SE6 3JQ

DC/26/142796Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 9 April 2026

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)23 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Construction of four Traveller pitches comprising a 4 × 10m static caravan, space for a 2.55 × 10m mobile caravan, a utility block with green roof, one car parking space and associated Grasscrete hardstanding per pitch, together with boundary treatments, acoustic fencing to the railway, soft landscaping and all associated works on land north of Pool Court (Phase 2), Fordmill Road SE6.

Received
27 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
6
Ward
Bellingham
Agent
Playle & Partners LLP
  1. Received27 Jan
  2. Validated9 Feb
  3. Consult.10 Mar
  4. Target6 Apr
  5. Decided9 Apr

Decided in 59 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at POOL COURT, FORDMILL ROAD, LONDON, SE6 3JQ. Lewisham has handled 2,816 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 2 weeks longer than Lewisham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 49 applications across Bellingham. We hold 1,059 applications in total for the SE6 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
SE6 3JQ
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 February 2026
Consultation expiry
10 March 2026
Consultation end
10 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
19 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
10 March 2026
Last date for comments
6 April 2026
Target decision date
6 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Playle & Partners LLP
Agent address
138 Crest House, SIDCUP, DA14 6NY

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
10 March 2026
Site notice start
17 February 2026
Site notice end
10 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14551841
Documents
50
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Article 4 direction: Small Houses in Multiple Occupation Article 4
  • Brownfield land register: Land at Pool CourtRegister site at or near this address

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

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 and heritage coasts.

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

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© 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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