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26-28 London Road, London, SE23 3HF

DC/26/143686Lawful Development Certificate existingApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 1 July 2026

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate (existing) submitted under Section 191 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) for the use as four self-contained flats at first floor level, 26-28 London Road SE23.

Received
15 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Forest Hill
Agent
Brick Architects
  1. Received15 Apr
  2. Validated16 Apr
  3. Consult.11 Jun
  4. Target11 Jun
  5. Decided1 Jul

Decided in 76 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 26-28 LONDON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3HF. Lewisham has handled 365 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 3 weeks longer than Lewisham's typical decision time. The site is in the Forest Hill conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 3HF
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate existing
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 April 2026
Last date for comments
11 June 2026
Target decision date
11 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Brick Architects
Architect profile
BRICK ARCHITECTS LTD
Agent address
Suite 4, The Hive, Bell Ln, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 3HW

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14848236
Comments
0
Documents
14
Constraints
7

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.

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.

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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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