Belmont conservation area
The Building Safety Levy (BSL) will come into effect on 1 October 2026. It is a tax on new dwellings and new bedspaces in purpose‑built student accommodation (PBSA).
Developers must pay the levy on certain building control applications or notices before completion or occupation of the building. The Council will collect the levy.
The Building Safety Levy (England) Regulations 2025 sets out how the levy will operate.
New rules for planning application decisions from 31 October 2026The Government has introduced new national rules about who decides planning applications. These rules are formally called the national scheme of delegation. From 31 October 2026, they will decide which applications must be decided by planning officers and which may go to Planning Committee. The rules will apply to cases decided from that date. We have updated Lewisham’s Constitution to reflect the changes.
Belmont Conservation Area was designated in January 2001. The houses in the area were designed by architect Reginald C. Fry and built between 1907 and 1909.
This development formed the basis of his entry to the Daily Mail Home of the Year competition in 1912.
Despite the relative consistency of plan-form and layout within the area, the houses themselves show great variety in design and architectural detailing with Old English, Arts and Crafts, Neo-Georgian and Queen Anne style influences all apparent, sometimes in the same property.
A good example of an Edwardian development displaying the prevailing fashion of house design and eclectic taste of the period.
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