96 Nelgarde Road, London, SE6 4TP Data via plota.co.uk

DC/26/143945 - Full Planning Permission Refused

Proposal

Change of use from a dwelling (Class C3) to a 4-bed House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) (Class C4) at 96 Nelgarde Road SE6. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
6 May 2026
✓
Validated
2 Jun 2026
✗
Refused
28 Jul 2026
✓
Consultation
18 Aug 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 28 Jul 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 24 Sept 2026

Site constraints 6

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Article 4 direction
Small HMO Northern Extension. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
Air quality management area: Lewisham AQMA
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
Opportunity area
Where the London Plan expects significant growth.
Boundaries are indicative and the borough holds the detailed plan.
Also on the record
Inside the Lewisham built-up area; Town centre about 11 m away: Catford.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 24 September 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £510,000 in August 2025. Terraced house, freehold.

1 August 2025£510,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Lewisham
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
SE6 4TP
Received
6 May 2026
Validated
2 Jun 2026
Ward
Rushey Green
Case officer
Show
Decision
Refused
Decision date
28 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
HuaYu Planning

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Refused, as 44% of changes of use here are.

77%decided within 8 weeks
56%approved
124decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Lewisham in the last twelve months, from validation. Lewisham decision record →

Public comments

5comments received
5 objecting

100% object · above the UK average of 75%

10 neighbours consulted · Last counted 24 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14879884
Neighbours
18 Aug 2026
Consultation
18 Aug 2026
Env. assessment
No
Lewisham
Planning Authority Score
5.8/10
Average
#111 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

Lewisham ranks #127 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (90%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Lewisham decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
84%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #224 of 296
90%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #192 of 296
69%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #127 of 296
31%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #58 of 296
65%
Minor dwellings approved
117 decided (1-9 homes)
92%
Major dwellings approved
12 decided (10+ homes)
57%
Change of use approved
67 decided
1,303
Total decisions
207 refused in the year to March 2026

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.