Tate Modern 53 Bankside London Southwark SE1 9TG Data via plota.co.uk

26/AP/2977 - Minor application Under consideration/assessment
Commercial premises

Proposal

Installation of temporary sculpture on south landscape for a duration of two years Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
9 Oct 2026
✓
Validated
12 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 6 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 26 Nov 2026 and 6 Dec 2026, from Southwark's recent commercial premises.

Documents 7

Statements & assessments 2

PDF DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT Design and Access statement · 9 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF REASONABLE EXCEPTION STATEMENT Fire Statement · 9 Oct 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

PDF 040828-02-02 SITE PLAN-R2 REV R2 SITE BLOCK PLAN Site - Block plan · 9 Oct 2026 View ↗

Application forms 2

PDF APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA Application - Form (Without Personal data) · 9 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE LEVY - COMPLETED FORM CIL - GIA Form · 9 Oct 2026 View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF VALID APPLICATION LETTER WITH INVOICE Valid Application Letter · 13 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF COVERING LETTER Application - Covering letter · 9 Oct 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 13

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
2 Article 4 directions
Bankside and Borough District Town Centre · Central Activities Zone. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
National infrastructure project: Thames Tideway Tunnel
The site is inside the project boundary. Waste water treatment, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: London Strategic Heat Main Project (at pre-application, 56 m).
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Planning Inspectorate project page ↗
Archaeological priority area: North Southwark and Roman Roads
An assessment or field evaluation may be asked for before ground works.
The council or Historic England considers archaeology likely here. A desk-based assessment, and sometimes trial trenching, can be asked for with the application.
Air quality management area: Southwark AQMA
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
Town centre: Bankside and The Borough
A designated centre in the London Plan.
Shops, services and active frontages are protected in centres, and main town centre uses are steered here first.
Central activities zone
The core of central London in the London Plan.
Offices, culture and the other strategic functions of the centre take priority over new housing here.
Opportunity area
Where the London Plan expects significant growth.
Boundaries are indicative and the borough holds the detailed plan.
Also on the record
Scheduled monument 206 m away: The Hope Playhouse, and the remains of three further bear gardens, Bankside; 2 listed buildings within 150 m; Inside the Southwark built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 6b (excellent), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Flood defence 49 m away (wall, designed for a 1 in 1000 year flood).
Not affected
Not green belt

Checked on 14 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, Transport for London (public transport access levels, Powered by TfL Open Data, OGL v3.0, contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Southwark
Application type
Minor application
Postcode
SE1 9TG
Received
9 Oct 2026
Validated
12 Oct 2026
Ward
Borough & Bankside
Parish
Borough, Bankside And Walworth
Case officer
Show
Target decision
6 Dec 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
The Planning Lab

Decision outlook

Day 7 of the 56-day target. Southwark usually decides commercial premises by day 50.

Day 749 days to the 56-day target
63%decided within 8 weeks
93%approved
524decided in the last year

Plota live figures for commercial premises decided by Southwark in the last twelve months, from validation. Southwark decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 14 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
6 Dec 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
External North Landscape Tate Modern Sumner Street London Southwark SE1 9TG
Installation of temporary sculpture on north landscape
25/AP/3777
2024 Approved
Tate Modern Sumner Street London Southwark SE1 9TG
Retention of external seating and planters on existing hard landscaping associated with t…
24/AP/2728
2024 Withdrawn
Tate Modern Sumner Street London Southwark SE1 9TG
Installation of external seating, enclosure and planters associated with the Corner Cafe…
24/AP/0485
2023 Approved
Tate Modern Sumner Street London Southwark SE1 9TG
Works to trees under TPO: London plane (T1) - Prune over sign to give 2m clearance, pruni…
23/AP/2890
2023 Approved
Tate Modern Sumner Street London Southwark SE1 9TG
Advertisement consent for the installation of new signage and wayfinding totems at Tates…
23/AP/0788
2023 Approved
Tate Modern, External North Landscape Sumner Street London Southwark SE1 9TG
Installation of temporary Studio Nathan Coley structure on north landscape outside Tate M…
23/AP/0789
2023 Approved
Tate Modern Sumner Street London Southwark SE1 9TG
Removal of existing glazing and installation of new entrance to corner cafe
23/AP/0377
2022 Approved
Tate Modern Sumner Street London Southwark SE1 9TG
Installation of a temporary Es Devlin Studio half dome sculpture and associated projectio…
22/AP/2293
2021 Approved
Tate Modern Sumner Street London Southwark SE1 9TG
T1 (Tree /Group no.) - Platanus x hispanica London Plane (T32) - Reduce lateral limb / li…
21/AP/2697
2019 Approved
Tate Modern Sumner Street London Southwark SE1 9TG
Temporary display of LED screen on north elevation of Tate Modern.
19/AP/7551
2019 Approved
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19/AP/2069
2019
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2019 Approved
Tate Modern Sumner Street London SE1 9TG
Display of two temporary advertisements (height 7.72m x width 10.8m) on the north elevati…
19/AP/1724
2019 Approved
Tate Modern Sumner Street London SE1 9TG
Installation of 2 no. Blavatnik Building' signs on the east and west facades of the new T…
19/AP/1418
2018 Approved
Tate Modern Sumner Street London SE1 9TG
Installation of electrical equipment involving re-building part of the External wall to t…
18/AP/4130
2018 Approved
Tate Modern Sumner Street London SE1 9TG
Proposal for the installation of new dry air coolers to be located on the roof in the exi…
18/AP/2011
2018 Approved
Tate Modern Sumner Street London SE1 9TG
Installation of two advertisements facing the river on the north elevation of the main bu…
18/AP/0684
2017 Approved
53 Bankside London SE1 9TG
Change of use to a traditional christmas market with wooden chalets; Open 7 days a week f…
17/AP/3056
2016 Approved
Tate Modern Bankside London SE1 9TG
Display of 6 post mounted banners to the north and 5 post mounted banners to the south of…
16/AP/1601
2020 Approved
Tate Modern Sumner Street London Southwark SE1 9TG
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for the installation of a new gate in the existing f…
20/AP/0270
2018 Approved
Tate Modern Sumner Street London SE1 9TG
Discharge of Condition 3 'Details of the Louvres', pusuant to permission 18/AP/2011 for…
18/AP/3047
2018 Approved
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Details of Condition 5 - Landscaping pursuant to planning permission 11/AP/1937 for: (Var…
18/AP/1830
2018 Approved
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Details of Condition 6 - Landscaping pursuant to planning permission 11/AP/1937 for: (Var…
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2016 Approved
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Details of secure cycle storage pursuant to Condition 17 of planning permission 11-AP-193…
16/AP/1845
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Southwark
Planning Authority Score
7/10
Good
#64 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Southwark is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #54 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
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Southwark decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
92%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #93 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #92 of 296
78%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #54 of 296
37%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #122 of 296
92%
Minor dwellings approved
259 decided (1-9 homes)
86%
Major dwellings approved
14 decided (10+ homes)
82%
Change of use approved
38 decided
1,622
Total decisions
132 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings