London Bridge Experience Land Adjacent To 2-4 Tooley Street London Southwark SE1 2SY Data via plota.co.uk

25/AP/1989 - Minor application Approved

Proposal

Retention of extension into the eastern loading facing Tooley Street of the existing Sui Generis mixed use of Learning and Non-Residential Institution (museum) ( Use Class F1(c)), the sale of food and drink (Use Class E(b)) and Drinking Establishment to include an outdoor beer garden seating area, bar, and associated structures Data via plota.co.uk

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Received
14 Jul 2025
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Validated
1 Aug 2025
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Approved
25 Sept 2025

Approved on 25 Sept 2025 · Delegated Panel - Complex · Last checked 17 Oct 2026

Documents 12

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF P101 SITE PLAN AS PROPOSED Decision - Plans · 14 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF P201 FRONT AND CROSS SECTION ELEVATIONS AS PROPOSED Decision - Plans · 14 Jul 2025 View ↗

Statements & assessments 3

PDF FIRE STATEMENT Fire Statement · 14 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT Design and Access statement · 14 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF PLANNING STATEMENT Planning statement · 14 Jul 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

PDF S101 SITE PLAN AS EXISTING Site - Block plan · 14 Jul 2025 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA Application - Form (Without Personal data) · 14 Jul 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF FILE COPY - NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION+LIST Neighbour Notification List · 4 Aug 2025 View ↗

Other documents 4

PDF SITE NOTICE Site notice · 5 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF PRESS NOTICE - 07/08/2025 Press Notice · 5 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF VALID APPLICATION LETTER WITH INVOICE Valid Application Letter · 4 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF COVERING LETTER Application - Covering letter · 14 Jul 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 17

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 ↗
Borough High Street conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
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, 263 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 ↗
Thames Path 11 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site; the route and its margin are protected.
Archaeological priority area
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.
19 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: Archway Beneath Southern End of London Bridge, Crossing Tooley Street, Grade II, 3 m away · 1 Grade I, 4 Grade II*, 12 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Show all 19 with distances
Historic England ↗
Scheduled monument 95 m away: Romano-British bath house and medieval remains at 11-15 Borough High Street
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
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
Wider setting of protected view 2A.1 Parliament Hill summit to St Paul's Cathedral; 3A.1 Kenwood viewing gazebo to St Paul's Cathedral; Inside the Southwark built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 6b (excellent), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Priority habitat 48 m away: Mudflats; Designated open space 48 m away.
Not affected
Not green belt

Checked on 1 November 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 2SY
Received
14 Jul 2025
Validated
1 Aug 2025
Ward
Borough & Bankside
Parish
Borough, Bankside And Walworth
Case officer
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Target decision
25 Sept 2025
Decision
Minor - GRANTED
Decision date
25 Sept 2025
Decision level
Delegated Panel - Complex
Applicant
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Agent
Architectural Design Services (ADS)

How this decision compares

Decided in 55 days from validation, about the council's usual 55 days. Approved, as 87% of full applications here are.

55%decided within 8 weeks
87%approved
539decided in the last year

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

Public comments

3comments received
2 objecting1 neutral

67% object · below the UK average of 74%

12 neighbours consulted · Last counted 17 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
25 Sept 2025
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

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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
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
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