4 Brownhill Road, London, SE6 2EJ
Refused on 21 April 2026
Proposal
Prior Approval under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended) for the change of use and conversion of existing commercial ground floor at the rear from (Use Class E) into a self-contained unit (Use Class C3), together with a separate access to the existing ancillary residential unit at first floor at 4 Brownhill Road SE6.
- Received
- 26 February 2026
- Council
- London Borough of Lewisham
- Ward
- Rushey Green
- Agent
- Lusher Architects
- ReceivedReceived26 Feb
- ValidatedValidated26 Feb
- Consult.Consultation23 Apr
- TargetTarget Date23 Apr
- DecidedDecided21 Apr
Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at 4 BROWNHILL ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2EJ. Lewisham has handled 1,023 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 160 applications across Rushey Green. We hold 1,059 applications in total for the SE6 postcode area.
75% of outline 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 2EJ
- Application type
- Commercial to Residential Prior Approval
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 3 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 23 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 23 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Lusher Architects
- Agent address
- 21 Thomas More House, Barbican, London, EC2Y 8BT
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Amanda Ghani
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
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.
Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202617 Aug
Prior Approval under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted…
RefusedApplicationDC/26/145087 - 202611 May
Prior Approval under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permi...
RefusedCommercial to Residential Prior ApprovalDC/26/143979
Source: Lewisham
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