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Halcyon House, 19 Springbank Road, London, SE13 6SN

DC/26/143709Full Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 9 July 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

The change of use, alteration and conversion of the ground floor from commercial (Use Class E) to residential (Use Class C3) to provide 2 self-contained flats and all associated works at Halcyon House, 19 Springbank Road SE13.

Received
16 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Hither Green
  1. Received16 Apr
  2. Validated14 May
  3. Consult.9 Jul
  4. Target9 Jul
  5. Decided9 Jul

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at HALCYON HOUSE, 19 SPRINGBANK ROAD, LONDON, SE13 6SN. Lewisham has handled 2,816 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 4 weeks longer than Lewisham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 128 applications across Hither Green. We hold 980 applications in total for the SE13 postcode area.

85% of full 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
SE13 6SN
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 May 2026
Neighbour consultation start
6 July 2026
Last date for comments
9 July 2026
Target decision date
9 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Sphere 25
Agent address
5 Rayleigh Road, Shenfield, Brentwood, CM13 1AB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14860999
Documents
9
Constraints
5

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.

Source: Lewisham

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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