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Former Lewisham College, 1 Deptford Bridge, London, SE8 4HH

Awaiting decision Greenwich 25/0798/F Full Planning Permission

Works: Demolition

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Proposal

Demolition of existing building and construction of buildings ranging from 1 to 30 storeys for residential (Class C3) and Class E, local community (Class F2), education (Class F1), and drinking establishment (Sui Generis) use; cycle parking and facilities, landscaping and highway improvements, servicing and plant and all other ancillary and associated works. (This application is an EIA development and is accompanied by an Environmental Statement) (This is a cross borough application with the London Borough of Lewisham, their reference: DC/25/139390) [RE-CONSULTATION] Further information not forming part of the formal description of development provided for re-consultation purposes: This application is located both within the Royal Borough of Greenwich (RBG) and London Borough of Lewisham (LBL). The scheme as a whole provides 802 C3 residential homes across both boroughs (down from 903 C3 homes originally proposed) This equates to 254 C3 residential homes in RBG (down from 306 C3 homes originally proposed) and 548 C3 homes in LBL (down from 597 C3 homes originally proposed) The schemes non-commercial floorspace has lowered from 8,713m2 GIA to 8,571m2 Non-commercial floorspace made up of 5,213m2 GIA Education (Class F1), 508m2 GIA Retail (Class E (a), 841m2 GIA Food and Beverage (Class E (b)/Sui Generis), 1579m2 GIA Workspace (Class E (c/g)) and 430m2 GIA Shared Back of House (3,358m2 non-residential floorspace within RBG and 5,213m2 non-residential floorspace within LBL) The proposed buildings height and massing have been further clarified below to include the ground floors. Building A is 30 storey, Building B is 7-11 storeys, Building C is 15 storeys and Building D is 18 storeys (These are all based in LBL). Building E is 19 storeys (reduced from 24 storeys originally submitted), Building F is 10 storeys, Building G is 10 storeys and Building H is 1 storeys (These are all based in RBG).

As published by the council, reference 25/0798/F

Application record

Reference
25/0798/F
Type
Full Planning Permission
Status
Registered
Received
12 Mar 2025
Validated
31 Mar 2025
Ward
GREENWICH PARK
Parish
Greenwich
Postcode
SE8 4HH

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 12 Mar 2025

    Received by Greenwich

  2. 31 Mar 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 26 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 26 May 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Greenwich took a median of 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Cases linked to this one on the register

1 later application on the register refers to this one:

  • 26/0104/K Decided

    1 DEPTFORD BRIDGE, LONDON, SE8 4HH

    RE-CONSULTATION:- Planning application for the demolition of existing buildings and construction of buildings ranging from 1 to 31 storeys for residential (Class C3) and flexible Class E, local community (Class F2), education (Class F1), and drinking establishment (Sui Generis) use; cycle parking and facilities, landscaping and highway improvements, servicing and plant and all other ancillary and associated works at Former Lewisham College, 1 Deptford Bridge SE8. (This application is an EIA development and is accompanied by an Environmental Statement). (This is a cross-borough application with the Royal Borough of Greenwich, their reference: 25/0798/F.)

    Decided 13 Jan 2026 Outline

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Documents

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174 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

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