Riverdale Sculpture Park, Molesworth Street, London, SE13 7EY Data via plota.co.uk

DC/26/145019 - Screening Opinion Approved

Proposal

Request for an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Screening Opinion pursuant to Regulation 6(1) of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (as amended) in respect of the proposed replacement of the existing southern pedestrian bridge crossing the River Ravensbourne within Riverdale Sculpture Park, including associated foundations, lighting, access infrastructure, temporary construction compound and associated works. at Riverdale Sculpture Park, Molesworth Street, SE13. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
12 Aug 2026
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Validated
13 Aug 2026
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Approved
3 Sept 2026

Approved on 3 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 10 Sept 2026

Site constraints 15

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
Locally significant industrial site
A borough-level industrial site.
Boroughs protect these sites for industrial and related uses.
Archaeological priority area
An assessment or field evaluation may be asked for before ground works.
The council or Historic England considers archaeology likely here. A desk-based assessment, and sometimes trial trenching, can be asked for with the application.
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 ↗
Town centre: Lewisham
A designated centre in the London Plan.
Shops, services and active frontages are protected in centres, and main town centre uses are steered here first.
Opportunity area
Where the London Plan expects significant growth.
Boundaries are indicative and the borough holds the detailed plan.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; National infrastructure project about 1411 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel; Flood defence about 18 m from the postcode pin (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 100 year flood); Inside the Lewisham built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 6b (excellent), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Priority habitat about 18 m away: Deciduous woodland; Metropolitan Open Land about 27 m away; Designated open space about 41 m away.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 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, the Planning Inspectorate, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI), Transport for London (public transport access levels, Powered by TfL Open Data, OGL v3.0, contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025) 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.

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Important details

Council
Lewisham
Application type
Screening Opinion
Postcode
SE13 7EY
Received
12 Aug 2026
Validated
13 Aug 2026
Ward
Lewisham Central
Case officer
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Target decision
3 Sept 2026
Decision
Raise No Objection
Decision date
3 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 21 days from validation, about the council's usual 20 days. Approved, as 97% of eia screening and scoping opinions here are.

87%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
1,986decided in the last year

Plota live figures for eia screening and scoping opinions decided across the UK in the last twelve months, from validation; too few recent eia screening and scoping opinions in Lewisham to go on. Lewisham decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 10 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
3 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
Yes
Lewisham
Planning Authority Score
5.8/10
Average
#111 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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