The Hop Exchange 24 Southwark Street London Southwark Data via plota.co.uk

25/AP/2349 - Minor application Approved

Proposal

External alterations to the west wing (upper ground and first floors) in connection with a restaurant fit-out, including: new entrances and service entrance (to Southwark Street and Cart-way), replacement gates (to Park Street, the Cart-way, and bin store), installation of an outdoor dining veranda beneath Arch 15, and provision of associated mechanical plant and signage (Associated LBC: 25/AP/2351). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
15 Aug 2025
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Validated
18 Aug 2025
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Approved
24 Dec 2025

Approved on 24 Dec 2025 · Source Team · Last checked 16 Oct 2026

Documents 54

Decision & officer reports 30

PDF 3841.03(16) CARTWAY BOLLARD Decision - Plans · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF 3841.03(03)E PROPOSED SOUTHWARK STREET ELEVATION Decision - Plans · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF 3841.03(08)C PROPOSED PARK STREET AND ARCHWAY ELEVATIONS Decision - Plans · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF 3841.03(16) CARTWAY BOLLARD Decision - Plans · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF 3841.04(01)D UPPER GROUND FLOOR GENERAL ARRANGEMENT Decision - Plans · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF 3841.04(02)B FIRST FLOOR GENERAL ARRANGEMENT Decision - Plans · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF 3841.03(03)C PROPOSED SOUTHWARK STREET ELEVATION Decision - Plans · 13 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF 3841.03(08)A PROPOSED PARK STREET AND ARCHWAY ELEVATIONS Decision - Plans · 13 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF 3841.03(12) SOUTHWARK STREET SECTION Decision - Plans · 13 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF 3841.03(13) COLUMN DETAILS Decision - Plans · 13 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF 3841.03(14) FIREPLACE AND SKIRTING DETAILS Decision - Plans · 13 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF 3841.03(11) PROPOSED INTERNAL SECTIONS SHEET 2 OF 2 Decision - Plans · 13 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF 3841.03(10) PROPOSED INTERNAL SECTIONS SHEET 1 OF 2. Decision - Plans · 13 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF 25004/002 REV C PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR HVAC LAYOUT Decision - Plans · 18 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF 25004/010 REV D PROPOSED REAR ELEVATION Decision - Plans · 18 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF 25004/001 REV D PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR HVAC PLAN Decision - Plans · 18 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF 03(03) REV B PROPOSED ELEVATION (FRONT) Decision - Plans · 15 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF 03(04) PROPOSED CARTWAY ELEVATION Decision - Plans · 15 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF 03(05) BLOCK PLAN OF THE SITE Decision - Plans · 15 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF 03(09) PROPOSED VERANDAH DETAILS Decision - Plans · 15 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF 04(01) REV C GROUND FLOOR PLAN Decision - Plans · 15 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF 04(02) REV A FIRST FLOOR GENERAL ARRANGEMENT Decision - Plans · 15 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF 04(05) UPPER GROUND FLOOR FLOOR FINISHES Decision - Plans · 15 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF 04(06) FIRST FLOOR - FLOOR FINISHES Decision - Plans · 15 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF 04(07) UPPER GROUND FLOOR RCP Decision - Plans · 15 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF 04(08) FIRST FLOOR RCP Decision - Plans · 15 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF 04(09) UPPER GROUND FLOOR - COORDINATED FINISHES Decision - Plans · 15 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF 04(10) FIRST FLOOR COORDINATED FINISHES Decision - Plans · 15 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF 04(11) UPPER GROUND FLOOR ENABLING WORKS Decision - Plans · 15 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF 04(12) FIRST FLOOR ENABLING WORKS Decision - Plans · 15 Aug 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 13

Grade II listed: The Hop Exchange
List entry 1385923 · The pin is inside its outline · 43 more listed buildings within 150 m (1 Grade I, 1 Grade II*, 37 Grade II)
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 the other 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 ↗
4 Article 4 directions
Bankside and Borough District Town Centre · Protected shopping frontage SF8: Borough High Street · Central Activities Zone · Sheaf (Formerly Wheatsheaf). 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: 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 ↗
National infrastructure project 117 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel
The site is 117 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, 55 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 171 m away: Remains of Winchester Palace, Clink Street and waterfront; 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 16 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £36,000,000 in July 2017. Other property, freehold.

31 July 2017£36,000,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

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

Building

Floor area435 m² (4,682 sq ft)
Energy ratingB (asset rating 44)
UseRestaurants and Cafes/Drinking Establishments/Takeaways
HeatingHeating and Natural Ventilation

From the energy performance certificate lodged in November 2023, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Southwark
Application type
Minor application
Postcode
SE1 1TY
Received
15 Aug 2025
Validated
18 Aug 2025
Ward
Borough & Bankside
Parish
Borough, Bankside And Walworth
Case officer
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Target decision
30 Jan 2026
Decision
Minor - GRANTED
Decision date
24 Dec 2025
Decision level
Source Team
Agent
Firstplan
Leaseholder
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How this decision compares

Decided in 128 days from validation, 73 days slower than Southwark's median of 55 for full applications. Approved, as 88% of full applications here are.

55%decided within 8 weeks
88%approved
520decided 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

No public comments yet.

22 neighbours consulted · Last counted 16 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
12 Oct 2025
Env. assessment
No
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

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

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.

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.