21-23 Dartmouth Road, London, SE23 3HN
Refused on 25 June 2026
Delegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Prior Approval under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class G of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended) for the change of use of first and second floors commercial use (Use Class E) into 2 self-contained flats (Use Class C3) with ground floor entrance at 21-23 Dartmouth Road SE23.
- Received
- 1 May 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- London Borough of Lewisham
- Ward
- Forest Hill
- Agent
- D. Rose Planning LLP
- ReceivedReceived1 May
- ValidatedValidated1 May
- Consult.Consultation25 Jun
- TargetTarget Date25 Jun
- DecidedDecided25 Jun
Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at 21-23 DARTMOUTH ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3HN. Lewisham has handled 1,023 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 3 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.
75% of outline 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 3HN
- Application type
- Commercial to Residential Prior Approval
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 1 May 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 13 May 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 3 June 2026
- Last date for comments
- 25 June 2026
- Target decision date
- 25 June 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- D. Rose Planning LLP
- Agent address
- 19-20 Bourne Court, Southend Road, Woodford Green, IG8 8HD
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 13 May 2026
- Site notice start
- 13 May 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14899526
- Documents
- 8
- Constraints
- 8
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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
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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202624 Jul
External alterations to the ground floor front elevation including the installation of entrance d...
RefusedFull Planning PermissionDC/26/144762 - 202617 Jul
Prior Approval under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class G of the Town and Country Planning (General Permit...
ApprovedCommercial to Residential Prior ApprovalDC/26/144763 - 20099 Dec
The display of an externally-illuminated fascia sign and an internally-illuminated projecting sign at 21-23…
ApprovedAdvertisement consentDC/09/073120/FT
Source: Lewisham
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