42 Borough High Street Southwark SE1 1XW Data via plota.co.uk

25/AP/3744 - Minor application Approved
Utility infrastructure

Proposal

Retention of 2 condenser units on the rear first floor lightwell (retrospective application) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
19 Dec 2025
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Validated
30 Jan 2026
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Approved
25 Mar 2026

Approved on 25 Mar 2026 · Delegated Panel - Simple · Last checked 24 Sept 2026

Documents 11

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF 1521 NLA AA 00 DR A 00031 REV A ELEVATIONS PROPOSED Decision - Plans · 29 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF 1521 NLA AA 01 DR A 00035 REV A PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR PLAN Decision - Plans · 29 Jan 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 2

PDF Fire Statement Fire Statement · 28 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF R/PNA/2/251128 NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT Noise impact assessment · 19 Dec 2025 View ↗

Application forms 2

PDF APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA Application - Form (Without Personal data) · 19 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE LEVY - COMPLETED FORM CIL - GIA Form · 19 Dec 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF FILE COPY - NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION+LIST Neighbour Notification List · 30 Jan 2026 View ↗

Other documents 4

PDF SITE NOTICE Site notice · 10 Feb 2026 View ↗ IMG SITE NOTICE EVIDENCE Site notice · 10 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF PRESS NOTICE - 05/02/2026 Press Notice · 3 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF VALID APPLICATION LETTER WITH INVOICE Valid Application Letter · 30 Jan 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 13

43 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: 40, Borough High Street, Grade II, 3 m away · 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II*, 38 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 43 with distances
Historic England ↗
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 ↗
3 Article 4 directions
Bankside and Borough District Town Centre · Protected shopping frontage SF8: Borough High Street · 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.
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 ↗
National infrastructure project 135 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel
The site is 135 m from 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, 83 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 ↗
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 182 m away: Romano-British bath house and medieval remains at 11-15 Borough High Street; Inside the Southwark built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 6b (excellent), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square.
Not affected
Not green belt

Checked on 2 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £1,450,000 in September 2014. Other property, freehold.

30 September 2014£1,450,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Southwark
Application type
Minor application
Postcode
SE1 1XW
Received
19 Dec 2025
Validated
30 Jan 2026
Ward
Borough & Bankside
Parish
Borough, Bankside And Walworth
Case officer
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Target decision
26 Mar 2026
Decision
Minor - GRANTED
Decision date
25 Mar 2026
Decision level
Delegated Panel - Simple
Applicant
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Agent
Northlight Architects Ltd
Freehold owner
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How this decision compares

Decided in 54 days from validation, about the council's usual 54 days. Approved, as 87% of utility and infrastructure works here are.

61%decided within 8 weeks
87%approved
78decided in the last year

Plota live figures for utility and infrastructure works decided by Southwark in the last twelve months, from validation. Southwark decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

9 neighbours consulted · Last counted 24 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
26 Mar 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

26 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025
Retention of 6No Condenser Units at roof level (Retrospective application).
25/AP/2744
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2025
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2025
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25/AP/2350
2025
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Alterations to shopfront.
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2024 Approved
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The display of 1 no. replacement externally illuminated fascia sign and 1 no. replacement…
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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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use

Freehold owner and leaseholders: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.