Skip to content
PlanIndex Get alerts
Menu

Planning application

55 BELMONT HILL, LONDON, SE13 5AX

Granted Lewisham DC/22/129408 Householder Application

Works: Extension Loft or dormer Windows or glazing Domestic

Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Construction of a rear dormer extension, conversion of the existing basement and extension of lightwells, installation of roof lights in the front roof slope, new window on the flank elevation and ancillary internal and external works at 55 Belmont Hill SE3.

As published by the council, reference DC/22/129408

Application record

Reference
DC/22/129408
Type
Householder Application
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted
Received
25 Nov 2022
Validated
25 Nov 2022
Decided
20 Jan 2023
Ward
Blackheath
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
SE13 5AX

Site history

Applications at this address on the Lewisham register

This site has had 2 applications since 2019: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • DC/19/114989 Granted

    55 BELMONT HILL, LONDON, SE13 5AX

    Proposed loft conversion with rear dormer extension at 55 Belmont Hill SE3, together with the conversion of the existing basement and extension of lightwells, new railings and front windows, new window on the flank elevation and ancillary internal work.

    Decided 16 Mar 2020 Householder

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 25 Nov 2022

    Received by Lewisham

  2. 20 Jan 2023

    Decision issued: Granted

  3. 7 Oct 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Hardcastle Architects www.hardcastlearchitects.com Agent, an architecture practice

6 applications on PlanIndex · across 3 councils

Trade members see everything this firm has filed, how it was decided, and get an email the day it files again.

See their track record

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

7 documents on file for this application

A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.

Watch members (£5 a month) open the document list from here.

Open the documents

What this grant of permission means

Lewisham granted permission on 20 January 2023, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About householder applications

Householder applications cover work to an existing house and its garden, such as extensions, lofts and outbuildings, and cannot create a separate dwelling or change what the building is used for. More in our guide to planning application types.

Nearby applications

Within 0.3 miles

  • 83A BELMONT HILL, LONDON, SE13 5AX

    DC/26/142849 Submitted 30 Jan 2026 50 yards away

    FRONT: ONE Prunus domestica 'Green Gage' (T1)(2636)(ht.9m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 1m to ht.8m, REDUCE SPREAD by 2m from 11m to 9m, LATERAL REDUCE by 4m to union approximately 50cm above ground level on S compass. Reason: removing weight from overextended and damaged stems, specific removal of branch as union affected by Phellinus pomaceus (cushion bracket fungus). REAR: ONE Whitebeam (T4)(2637) Ht 5-10m FELL. REASON: Due to compromised main union, to replace T4 with Whitebeam (Sorbus aria) standard 8-10cm girth, 2.m ? 3m tall. REAR: ONE Norway Maple (T5)(3992) remove deadwood ? exempt work. REAR: ONE Cherry Plum (T8)(2641) (approx.ht. 0-5m (Directional) FELL. REASON: to reduce risk to high use play area, to replace (T8)(2641) with a Cherry plum (Prunus cerasifera) standard 8-10cm girth, ht.2.m ? 3m, or Acer griseum would be more suited to the site's soil conditions and clients' requirements and would be preferable. REAR: ONE Cherry Plum (T9)(2639) (ht.6m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 2m to ht.4m & shape, LATERAL REDUCE by 3m to 0m on S compass. Reason: specific removal of branch affected by Phellinus pomaceus (cushion bracket fungus). REAR: ONE dead Cherry plum (T11)(2640) (approx.ht.5m) FELL. Duty to replace applies. REASON: tree is dead in high use area, to replace with a Cherry plum (Prunus cerasifera) standard 8-10cm girth, ht.2.m ? 3m or Acer griseum would be more suited to the site's soil conditions and clients' requirements and would be preferable. REAR: ONE dead Cherry plum (T12)(2638) (approx.ht.4m) FELL. Duty to replace applies. REASON: tree is dead in high use area, to replace with a Cherry plum (Prunus cerasifera) standard 8-10cm girth, ht.2.m ? 3m to replace or Acer griseum would be more suited to the site's soil conditions and clients' requirements and would be preferable. REPLANTING PROPOSAL: 1. Replace (T4)(2637) with a Standard (S) Whitebeam (Sorbus aria) 8-10cm girth, 2.m ? 3m tall. 2. Replace (T8)(2641) with a Standard (S) Cherry plum (Prunus cerasifera) 8-10cm girth, 2.m ? 3m tall to replace like for like. Acer griseum would be more suited to the site's soil conditions and clients' requirements and would be preferable. 4. Replace (T11)(2640) with a Standard (S) Cherry plum (Prunus cerasifera) 8-10cm girth, 2.m ? 3m tall to replace like for like. Acer griseum would be more suited to the site's soil conditions and clients' requirements would be preferable. 5. Replace (T12)(2638) with a Standard (S) Cherry plum (Prunus cerasifera) 8-10cm girth, 2.m ? 3m tall to replace like for like. Acer griseum would be more suited to the site's soil conditions and clients' requirements and would be preferable.' Informative A: the proposed 4x replacement trees for T4,T8,T11,T12 are hugely appreciated for amenity, wildlife and shade to reduce increasingly high summer temperatures due to climate change and to enable children to play and experience wildlife in a green vegetated garden environment. Informative B: the replacement species of whitebeam, and cherry plum or Acer griseum are greatly welcomed, other suitable species include such as crab apple, common pear, quince (Cydonia oblonga). Informative C: the landowner has a duty to plant another tree of an appropriate size and species when a tree is removed in a conservation area because it is dead or presents an immediate risk of serious harm. Ref. Tree Preservation Orders and trees in conservation areas, guidance, para 121. Informative D: please create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity.

    Granted Trees 4 docs
  • 87 BELMONT HILL, LONDON, SE13 5AX

    DC/25/142184 Submitted 19 Nov 2025 50 yards away

    REAR: ONE Lombardy poplar (T1)(ht.16m) FELL. Reason: large cavity going through the stem at approx.ht.4m and decay throughout the stem, only approx 5% sound wood, hazardous tree high risk to property, PTI qualified arborist Jake Loader conducted the assessment, felled tree to be replaced under duty to replace. REAR: ONE Ash (T2)(ht.12m) CROWN REDUCE if possible, rather than FELL. Reason: small work zone to dismantle the Lombardy poplar next to garden cabin, ash will need to be reduced, possibly felled to work on the Lombardy poplar, no access for a MEWP or crane, felled tree to be replaced under duty to replace. Informative A: huge thank you for agreeing in agent's email 21.11.25 to look to retain ash T2 with crown reduction if possible. Informative B: please retain a safe low stem of Lombardy poplar T1 for wildlife and biodiversity. Informative C: the landowner has a duty to plant a replacement tree when a tree in a conservation area is removed because it is dead, or presents an immediate risk of serious harm, para 121 Tree Preservation Orders and trees in conservation areas, government guidance 6 March 2014. Informative D: replace Lombardy poplar T1, and ash T2 if also felled, with mixed species selected from: bird cherry, small leaved lime, oak, Robinia, wild cherry, Norway maple, whitebeam, beech, wild service tree (Sorbus torminalis), walnut, hornbeam, Hop hornbeam, Indian horse chestnut, Tulip tree, wingnut, Golden Rain Tree/Pride of India (Koelreuteria paniculata), Katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum), Japanese pagoda tree (Styphnolobium japonicum), Italian alder, Hackberry (Celtis australis), Turkish hazel, Kentucky Coffee Tree (Gymnocladus dioica), Bee-bee tree (Tetradium daniellii/Euodia hupehensis), Caucasian Elm (Zelkova carpinifolia), Persian Ironwood (Parrotia persica), Mulberry, for amenity, wildlife and shade to reduce increasingly high summer temperatures due to climate change - see below for further replanting details. Informative E: please create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity.

    Granted Trees 7 docs
  • 87 BELMONT HILL, LONDON, SE13 5AX

    DC/20/115564 Submitted 3 Feb 2020 50 yards away

    REAR: ONE Bay (T1)(ht.7m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 1.5m from 7m to 5.5m, REDUCE RADIUS by 1.5m 3.5m to 2m. Reason: repeat maintenance for dome shaped crown. REAR: ONE Ash (T2) CROWN THIN by 30%. Reason: excessive shading. REAR: ONE Poplar Lombardy (T3)(ht.22m) HEIGHT REDUCE by 8m from 22m to 14m to beneath previous pollard point (ref:DC/07/065253). Reason:cavity on pollard reduction point. REAR: ONE Oak (T4) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 2-3m from 12m to 9m, REDUCE RADIUS by 2-3m from 6-8m to 4-5m. Reason: Previously crown reduced (ref: DC/07/065253), to alleviate excessive shading.

    Granted Trees 9 docs
  • 47A BELMONT HILL, LONDON, SE13 5AX

    DC/19/112678 Submitted 12 Jun 2019 50 yards away

    The installation of double glazed windows to both the front and rear elevations, together with the replacement of exisiting roof tiles at 47A and 47B BELMONT HILL, SE13.

    Granted Full applications Roofing Windows or glazing 12 docs
  • 55 BELMONT HILL, LONDON, SE13 5AX

    DC/19/114989 Submitted 10 Dec 2019 50 yards away

    Proposed loft conversion with rear dormer extension at 55 Belmont Hill SE3, together with the conversion of the existing basement and extension of lightwells, new railings and front windows, new window on the flank elevation and ancillary internal work.

    Granted Householder Extension Loft or dormer +1 7 docs
    Domestic
  • 75 BELMONT HILL, LONDON, SE13 5AX

    DC/25/141561 Submitted 24 Sep 2025 50 yards away

    FRONT: ONE Evergreen Oak tree (T1) LATERAL REDUCTION of two smallest limbs by 5m & 6m to trunk on the S compass point on the wall side. CROWN LIFT to 3m above ground level over footpath S Compass Point & 2m above ground level on garden side & neighbouring steps W compass point. HEIGHT REDUCTION by 3m from 12m to 9m Informative A: The sensitive management of the tree is greatly appreciated for landscape amenity, wildlife, wellbeing, and urban forest canopy for environmental benefits to mitigate the effects of climate change. Informative B: Wherever possible, please create habitat log piles in the garden from cut branches for wildlife and biodiversity.

    Granted Trees 7 docs

In Lewisham

  • DC/26/144603 Granted

    6 FRIENDLY STREET, LONDON, SE8 4DT

    Patial demoltion of existing rear additions, construction of a new single storey rear extension and all associated works at 6 Friendly Street, SE8

    Received 6 Jul, published by the council 3 Aug 2026 Householder
  • DC/26/145239 Awaiting decision

    18 ARICA ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2PX

    Construction of a single-storey side/rear wraparound extension featuring roof terrace with glazed privacy screen, L-shape rear roof extension with juliet balacony and two rooflights to the front roofslope of 18 Arica Road, London, SE4 2PX

    Received 31 Aug, published by the council 9 Sep 2026 Householder
  • DC/26/145216 Awaiting decision

    54A ALLERFORD ROAD, LONDON, SE6 3DF

    Erection of a single-storey rear extension, roof extensions including side/rear dormer structures and rooflights, installation of a front entrance canopy, and associated internal and external alterations at 54A Allerford Road SE6.

    Received 28 Aug, published by the council 8 Sep 2026 Householder
  • DC/26/145218 Awaiting decision

    24 THORNWOOD ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5RG

    The construction of a single-storey rear extension and rear terrace at 24 Thornwood Road, SE13.

    Received 28 Aug, published by the council 10 Sep 2026 Householder
  • DC/26/145214 Awaiting decision

    87 GUIBAL ROAD, LONDON, SE12 9HF

    The construction of a two-storey hipped-roof rear extension, replacing the existing conservatory; the construction of a single-storey flat-roof rear extension and a single-storey flat-roof side extension; the formation of an integral garage with associated alterations to the principal elevation, including the installation of garage doors; the replacement of windows and doors on the principal, rear and side elevations; the replacement and repositioning of rooflights; the application of external wall render to the principal elevation; the removal of existing arched features and their replacement with rectangular openings; the removal of soft landscaping and installation of permeable hardstanding to the front garden and driveway at 87 Guibal Road, SE12.

    Received 28 Aug, published by the council 8 Sep 2026 Householder