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Units 17 To 19, Bellingham Trading Estate, Franthorne Way, London, SE6 3BX

DC/26/143941Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 7 May 2026

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

Proposal

Retention of 17 & 18, Bellingham Trading Estate as a Place of Worship (Use Class F.1) for RCCG to include community development programs (property investment classes, financial advisory seminar, youth dance program, CV and employability masterclass, career day, mortgage advice and health awareness, guidance and counselling, free educational classes to prepare students for GCSE and A-level examinations, operation of the food bank and donation of clothing). Rear extension to provide cycle storage to the rear of Unit 17, and 18.

Received
6 May 2026
Ward
Catford South
Agent
MEK Town Planning and Design Consultants Ltd
  1. Received6 May
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided7 May

Decided in 1 day (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at UNITS 17 TO 19, BELLINGHAM TRADING ESTATE, FRANTHORNE WAY, LONDON, SE6 3BX. Lewisham has handled 2,816 applications of this type. This one was decided in 1 day, 8 weeks quicker 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 154 applications across Catford South. We hold 1,059 applications in total for the SE6 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
SE6 3BX
Application type
Full Planning Permission

Planning application dates

Validated
6 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
MEK Town Planning and Design Consultants Ltd
Agent address
Flat 14 Clive House, Haddo Street, Greenwich, London, SE10 9RH

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14886609
Comments
0
Documents
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
  • Article 4 direction: Bromley Road SIL+1 more

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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