Railway Arch 101 Rockingham Street London Southwark SE1 6PD Data via plota.co.uk

26/AP/1509 - Certificate of Lawful Dev. - Proposed Withdrawn
Change of useCommercial & major worksCommercial premises

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for confirmation of implementation of planning permission : Change of use of the railway arch at 101 Rockingham Street from Use Class B8 (Storage/Distribution) to Use Classes E (Commercial, Business and Service) and F2 (Local Community) and a new glazed facade to the exterior including 2x extractor fans. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
27 May 2026
✓
Validated
2 Jun 2026
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Withdrawn
21 Jul 2026

Withdrawn on 21 Jul 2026 · Delegated Panel - Simple · Last checked 22 Jul 2026

Documents 7

Statements & assessments 1

PDF PLANNING STATEMENT Planning statement · 27 May 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 2

PDF 1101 PROPOSED PLANS AND ELEVATIONS Plan - Proposed · 2 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF 679-02 BLOCK PLAN Site - Block plan · 27 May 2026 View ↗

Application forms 2

PDF APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA Application - Form (Without Personal data) · 27 May 2026 View ↗ PDF COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE LEVY - COMPLETED FORM CIL - GIA Form · 27 May 2026 View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF VALID APPLICATION LETTER WITH INVOICE Valid Application Letter · 8 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF PHOTOGRAPHS AND PHOTOMONTAGES - 2 Photographs and photomontages · 27 May 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 4

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 ↗
3 Article 4 directions
Central Activities Zone · Elephant and Castle Major Town Centre · Railway Arches. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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 ↗
Town centre: Elephant and Castle/ Walworth Road
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.
1 listed building within 150 m
Nearest: Metro Central Heights, Grade II, 26 m away
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.
Historic England ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
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
National infrastructure project 1146 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel; Wider setting of protected view 23A.1 Centre of Bridge over the Serpentine to the Palace of Westminster; Inside the Southwark built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 6b (excellent), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

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Important details

Council
Southwark
Application type
Certificate of Lawful Dev. - Proposed
Postcode
SE1 6PD
Received
27 May 2026
Validated
2 Jun 2026
Ward
Chaucer
Parish
Borough, Bankside And Walworth
Case officer
Show
Target decision
27 Jul 2026
Decision
Application Withdrawn
Decision date
21 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated Panel - Simple
Applicant
Show
Agent
TOCA

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
27 Jul 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

2022 Approved
Change of use of the railway arch at 101 Rockingham Street from Use Class B8 (Storage/Dis…
22/AP/3065
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2024 Approved
Metro Central Heights 119 Newington Causeway London Southwark SE1 6BA
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24/AP/1921
2022 Approved
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Request for an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Scoping Opinion under Regulation 15…
22/AP/2423
2022 Approved
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22/AP/1068
2021 Withdrawn
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2022 Approved
1-136 Metro Central Heights North Block London 119 Newington Causeway London Southwark SE1 6DT
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22/AP/0991
2022 Approved
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21/AP/1432
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Display of an internally illuminated projecting sign to be fixed off the existing fascia
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2020 Approved
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Display of fascia signage
20/AP/0659
2019 Approved
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19/AP/0750
2019 Approved
5-9 Rockingham Street & 2-4 Tiverton Street SE1 6PF
Request for a Screening Opinion for demolition of existing buildings and erection of a 19…
19/AP/1028
2018 Approved
Metro Central Heights 119 Newington Causeway London SE1 6DT
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18/AP/1089
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2017 Approved
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2017 Approved
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17/AP/1011
2016 Withdrawn
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16/AP/4354
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2016 Approved
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Southwark
Planning Authority Score
7/10
Good
#64 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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