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Developer loses consent for plans to convert listed Victorian baths into cinema amid ‘unprecedented’ financial challenges

By 2025-09-12T11:25:00

Ladywell Playtower 3

Maccreanor Lavington and Pringle Richards Sharratt behind scheme to repurpose Ladywell Playhouse in Lewisham

Lewisham council has rescinded planning permission for proposals by Maccreanor Lavington and Pringle Richards Sharratt to convert a grade II-listed Victorian bath house into a cinema.

The council has returned the application for the Ladywell Playtower building to the planning committee because of what it said was the “inability” of the scheme’s developer Guildmore to overcome financial challenges.

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