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Blackheath Hospital - Outpatients Centre, Winchester House, Independents Road, London, SE3 9LF

DC/26/143416Minor Material AmendmentApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 30 July 2026

Council decision: Granted

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

An application submitted under Section 73 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 for a Minor Material Amendment in connection with planning permission ( DC/01/049082) dated 20 August 2021 in order to vary the wording of Condition (2) to allow:- the change of use of the premises to allow other commercial uses within Class E at Blackheath Hospital Winchester House Independents Road SE3.

Received
20 March 2026
Ward
Blackheath
  1. Received20 Mar
  2. Validated21 Mar
  3. Consult.16 May
  4. Target31 Jul
  5. Decided30 Jul

Decided in 131 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at BLACKHEATH HOSPITAL - OUTPATIENTS CENTRE, WINCHESTER HOUSE, INDEPENDENTS ROAD, LONDON, SE3 9LF. Lewisham has handled 365 applications of this type. This one was decided in 132 days, 11 weeks longer than Lewisham's typical decision time. The site is in the Blackheath conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 167 applications across Blackheath. We hold 1,346 applications in total for the SE3 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
SE3 9LF
Application type
Minor Material Amendment
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 March 2026
Consultation expiry
8 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
31 March 2026
Last date for comments
16 May 2026
Target decision date
31 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Savills
Agent address
33 Margaret Street, London, W16 0JD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
8 April 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14797109
Comments
0
Documents
7
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Blackheath
  • 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 (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.

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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