56 Forest Hill Road, SE22 0RS
A change of use
Southwark · Reference 25/AP/3496
Comment period closed
What is being proposed
Change of use of a ground floor unit from commercial, business and service use (Use Class E) to residential (Use Class C3). Demolition of the existing rear outbuilding and its replacement with a single-storey rear extension to create a 3b5p dwelling at ground floor level and the construction of a first-floor terrace.
Description as published by Southwark.
What this could mean for you
These are the effects a proposal like this most often raises. Each one is a material planning consideration, so each can form the basis of a comment.
- Overlooking and loss of privacy
Derived automatically from the proposal wording. Read the full application before relying on it.
Timeline
Received
13 Jan 2026 · Submitted to the council
Validated
13 Jan 2026 · Checked and published
Comments close
19 Feb 2026 · Last day to have your say
Decision due
9 Mar 2026 · Target date, often slips
Decided
20 Aug 2026 · Outcome published
Key facts
- Reference
- 25/AP/3496
- Authority
- Southwark
- Address
- 56 Forest Hill Road, SE22 0RS
- Postcode
- SE22 0RS
- Type
- Change of use
- Scale
- Medium
- Storeys
- 1
- Applicant
- Not published
- Agent
- Not published
- Received
- 13 Jan 2026
- Decision due
- 9 Mar 2026
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