Land Adjoining Phoenix Works, Bird-In-Hand Passage, London, SE23 3HW

DC/26/143251Non Material AmendmentsApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 1 April 2026

Council decision: Granted1 condition

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

An application submitted under Section 96a of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 for a non-material in connection with the planning permission (DC/23/133599) dated 26 January 2024, for the removal of Condition (14) Building Regulation requirement M4(2) 'accessible in order to allow:- all residential units hereby approved shall be constructed to meet Building Regulation requirement M4(2) 'accessible and adaptable dwellings at Land adjoining Phoenix Works, Bird-in-Hand Passage, SE23

Received: 9 March 2026
Public comments: 1
Council: London Borough of Lewisham
Ward: Forest Hill

ReceivedReceived9 Mar
ValidatedValidated10 Mar
Consult.Consultation7 Apr
TargetTarget Date7 Apr
DecidedDecided1 Apr

Decided in 22 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at LAND ADJOINING PHOENIX WORKS, BIRD-IN-HAND PASSAGE, LONDON, SE23 3HW. Lewisham has handled 365 applications of this type. This one was decided in 23 days, 5 weeks quicker than Lewisham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 181 applications across Forest Hill. We hold 2,610 applications in total for the SE23 postcode area.

80% of amendment 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: SE23 3HW
Application type: Non Material Amendments
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 10 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start: 16 March 2026
Last date for comments: 7 April 2026
Target decision date: 7 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent: Shorten
Architect profile: SHORTEN LTD
Agent address: Spaces Finsbury Park, 17 City North Place, London, N4 3FU

Planning decision

Statutory period: 28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14761597
Documents: 18
Constraints: 5

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Forest Hill
Article 4 direction: Forest Hill Article 4(3) Direction+2 more
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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.

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Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Lewisham

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