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LIGHT INDUSTRIAL PREMISES AND OFFICE TO THE REAR OF 230 LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE13 6JU

Refused Lewisham DC/23/134115 Commercial to Residential Prior Approval

Works: New dwelling

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Application for Prior Approval under Schedule (2), Part (3), Class (MA) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended) for the conversion of a vacant office space (Use Class E) into 2 self-contained flats at light industrial premises and office to the rear of 230 Lewisham High Street SE13.

As published by the council, reference DC/23/134115

Application record

Reference
DC/23/134115
Type
Commercial to Residential Prior Approval
Status
Decided
Decision
Refused
Received
5 Dec 2023
Validated
6 Dec 2023
Decided
31 Jan 2024
Ward
Lewisham Central
Parish
Does NOT need to go to BCAP
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
SE13 6JU

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 5 Dec 2023

    Received by Lewisham

  2. 6 Dec 2023

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 31 Jan 2024

    Decision issued: Refused

  4. 30 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Agent on file, registered in Gravesend

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Documents

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

16 documents on file for this application

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What refusal means

The process from here

The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.

Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.

About prior approval applications

How this application type works

Prior approval applications arise where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, such as larger home extensions, changes of use to housing or agricultural buildings. The council may only consider the specific matters set out in the rules, for example transport, flooding or appearance, and in many classes the work may proceed if the council does not respond within the deadline, commonly 56 days.

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