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DC/25/141104 - Full Planning Permission Refused

Proposal

Conversion of the existing office space (Use Class E(g)(i)) at first, second floor and roof space, to two, self-contained flats (Use Class C3) at 22 London Road, SE23 along with the reinstallation of the basement rear door, change from two commercial units to one commercial unit at ground floor, installation of new shopfront with separate front access to upper floors and two roof lights in the rear roofslope and all associated works. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
13 Aug 2025
✓
Validated
29 Sept 2025
✓
Consultation
14 Oct 2025
✗
Refused
24 Nov 2025
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 24 Nov 2025 · Delegated · Last checked 9 Nov 2026

Documents 22

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Delegated report Officer Report · 24 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Decision notice Decision · 24 Nov 2025 View ↗

Statements & assessments 2

PDF Planning and heritage statement Case Copy Documents · 30 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF Air quality neutral statement Case Copy Documents · 30 Sept 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 16

PDF Location and site plans142269660001.pdf Site Location Plan · 30 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF 2024/60/08 Existing and proposed side elevation Case Copy Drawings · 30 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF 2024/60/09 Exist and proposed front elevations142269660001.pdf Case Copy Drawings · 30 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF 2024/60/07 Existing and proposed rear elevation Case Copy Drawings · 30 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF 2024-60-01 Existing basement plan142269660001.pdf Case Copy Drawings · 30 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF 2024/60/02 Existing ground floor plan Case Copy Drawings · 30 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF 2024/60/06 Existing and proposed roof plans142269660001.pdf Case Copy Drawings · 30 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF 2024/60/17 Existing loft floor plan Case Copy Drawings · 30 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF 2024/60/11 Proposed grd floor plan Case Copy Drawings · 30 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF 2024/60/12 Proposed 1st floor plan Case Copy Drawings · 30 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF 2024/60/13 Proposed 2nd floor plan Case Copy Drawings · 30 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF 2024/60/14 Proposed 3rd floor Case Copy Drawings · 30 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF 2024/60/10a Proposed basement plan Case Copy Drawings · 30 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF 2024/60/16 Proposed section Case Copy Drawings · 30 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF 2024-60-03 London rd exist 1st flr142269660001.pdf Case Copy Drawings · 30 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF 2024-60-04 London rd exist 2nd flr plan142269660001.pdf Case Copy Drawings · 30 Sept 2025 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Applicationformredacted142269660001.pdf Application Form · 30 Sept 2025 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF Das 01 25 london rd142269660001.pdf Case Copy Documents · 30 Sept 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 7

Forest Hill conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
2 Article 4 directions
Small HMO Northern Extension · Forest Hill Article 4(3) Direction. 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: Crofton Park and Honor Oak Park Air Quality Management Area
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: Forest Hill
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.
2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: K2 Telephone Kiosk Near Former Cinema, Grade II, about 37 m from the postcode pin · 2 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Show all 2 with distances
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Inside the Lewisham built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 4 (good), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 2 November 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, 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £525,000 in September 2021. Other property, freehold.

9 September 2021£525,000Recorded 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
SE23 3HF
Received
13 Aug 2025
Validated
29 Sept 2025
Ward
Forest Hill
Case officer
Show
Target decision
24 Nov 2025
Decision
Refused
Decision date
24 Nov 2025
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Kellys

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Refused, as 17% of full applications here are.

66%decided within 8 weeks
83%approved
540decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Lewisham in the last twelve months, from validation. Lewisham decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 9 Nov 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14226966
Planning Portal ref
PP-14226966
Neighbours
14 Oct 2025
Consultation
14 Oct 2025
Site or press notice
15 Oct 2025
Statutory expiry
24 Nov 2025
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

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