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26/EES/0013 - Early Engagement Strategy Under consideration/assessment
Commercial & major worksCommercial premises

Proposal

Pre-application enquiry (meeting and written advice) for the redevelopment of the site to provide a Safestore self-storage facility (Use Class B8), together with car parking and associated works. This is a follow-up pre-application enquiry to Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
3 Jul 2026
✓
Validated
7 Jul 2026
Decision
Target date was 31 Aug 2026

As of 6 Aug 2026, the council is no longer showing this application on their planning portal. It may have been withdrawn or re-listed under a different reference. We've stopped checking it for updates.

Documents

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Site constraints 10

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 ↗
Article 4 direction
Site allocation NSP68: Sandgate Street and Verney Road. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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 885 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel
The site is 885 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, 1325 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 ↗
5 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: 9, Canal Grove, Grade II, 48 m away · 5 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.
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Historic England ↗
Opportunity area
Where the London Plan expects significant growth.
Boundaries are indicative and the borough holds the detailed plan.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Southwark built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 3 (moderate), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 2 November 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI), 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
Early Engagement Strategy
Postcode
SE15 1LE
Received
3 Jul 2026
Validated
7 Jul 2026
Ward
Old Kent Road
Parish
Bermondsey And Rotherhithe
Case officer
Show
Target decision
31 Aug 2026
Agent
Planning Potential

Decision outlook

Day 122, past the statutory target. 63% of commercial and major works in Southwark are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 11 Jul 2026.

Day 12266 days past the 56-day target
44%decided within 8 weeks
93%approved
11%go to committee

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

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
31 Aug 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025
Redevelopment of the site to provide a self-storage facility (Use Class B8), alongside ac…
25/AP/2097
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025
Action House 53 Sandgate Street London Southwark SE15 1LE
Change of use for temporary, small-scale outdoor wellness facility on the forecourt of Ac…
25/AP/2360
2023
6-12 Verney Road London Southwark SE16 3DH
Demolition of existing buildings and structures on the site and redevelopment to provide…
23/AP/0948
2023 Approved
6-12 Verney Road London Southwark SE16 3DH
Request for an EIA Screening Opinion for demolition of existing buildings and structures…
23/AP/0071
2022 Approved
Ruby Triangle Site Land Bounded By Old Kent Road Ruby Street And Sandgate Street London SE15 1LG
Details of Condition 6-Secured by Design as rquired by planning permission 18/AP/0897 dat…
22/AP/1049
2019 Approved
Land Adjacent To 55 Sandgate Street London SE15 1LE
Construction of 15 no. new artist's studios in three levels with new access platforms and…
19/AP/4011
2017 Approved
6-12 Verney Road London SE16 3DH
Redevelopment of the site for a mixed use development comprising three buildings (Buildin…
17/AP/4508
2017
6-12 Verney Road London SE16 3DH
Redevelopment of site to provide 330 residential units together with retail and commercia…
17/EQ/0133
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