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Land On The Corner Of Briant And, Besson Street, London, SE14 5AE

DC/26/143296Minor Material AmendmentAwaiting decision
Discharge / amendments
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

An application submitted under Section 73 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 for a Minor Material Amendment in connection with the planning permission DC/19/114805 (dated 28/01/2022) as amended by permissions DC/24/137137 (dated 24/10/2024) and DC/25/140938 (dated 31/07/2025) for the variation of Conditions 2 (Approved plans), 20 (Solid balustrade detail), 21 (Heat interchange unit specification), 22 (District heat network), 23 (Noise assessment), 24 (Mechanical ventilation system), 27 (BREEAM (Commercial units)), 34 (Circular economy), and 35 (Whole life carbon assessment) in order to allow: A net increase of 59 residential units, increasing the scheme from 324 to 383 units, with the overall affordable housing provision maintained at 35%; Revised residential unit mix; Increase in building heights - Block B1 increased from 7 to 8 storeys; Block C1 increased from 12 to 18 storeys; Reduction in building heights - Blocks A2 and B2 reduced from 7 to 6 storeys; and A revised energy strategy incorporating Passivhaus principle at Land on the corner of Briant and Besson Street, SE14,

Received
10 March 2026
Decision due
12 May 2026
Ward
Telegraph Hill
  1. Received10 Mar
  2. Validated17 Mar
  3. Consult.12 May
  4. Target12 May
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 12 May.

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About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at LAND ON THE CORNER OF BRIANT AND, BESSON STREET, LONDON, SE14 5AE. Lewisham has handled 365 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 10 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 109 applications across Telegraph Hill. We hold 375 applications in total for the SE14 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
SE14 5AE
Application type
Minor Material Amendment
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
59

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 March 2026
Consultation expiry
1 April 2026
Last date for comments
12 May 2026

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
1 April 2026

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
160
Constraints
11

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    10 Mar

    An application submitted under Section 73 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 for a Minor Material…

    This applicationPendingVariation of conditions (s73)DC/26/143296
  2. 2025
    29 Jul

    An application submitted under Section 96a of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 for a non-material…

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentPart ofDC/25/140938

Source: Lewisham

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