Achilles Street Estate &, 355-383 New Cross Road, London, SE14 6LA Data via plota.co.uk

Decided DC/25/141160
Council
Lewisham 5.8/10
Date received
18 Aug 2025
Date validated
27 Aug 2025
Postcode
SE14 6LA

Description

Phased redevelopment of the existing site comprising demolition of Achilles Street Estate (includ... Data via plota.co.uk

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Planning committee

Decided by Lewisham Strategic Planning Committee on 2 Dec 2025. The council has not yet issued its decision notice.

Approved unanimously

As officers recommended.

  • Residents and other respondents raised concerns about height, density, play space, traffic, privacy, daylight, trees, construction and local businesses.
  • Members voted unanimously to refer the scheme to the Mayor, secure obligations and grant permission subject to conditions.
Read how the committee decided The proposed redevelopment, site history, officers’ assessment, consultation responses, committee debate, vote and decision. Includes the meeting recording

Source: Plota analysis of Lewisham's committee minutes of 2 Dec 2025.

Site constraints 9

2 Article 4 directions
New Cross District Centre · 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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
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: New Cross and New Cross Gate
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.
National infrastructure project about 503 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel
The site is about 503 m from the project boundary. Waste water treatment, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: London Strategic Heat Main Project (at pre-application, about 691 m).
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Planning Inspectorate project page ↗
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; Inside the Lewisham built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 6a (excellent), 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 13 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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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%).

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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
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