Unit 1C The Chandlery 50 Westminster Bridge Road London Southwark SE1 7QY Data via plota.co.uk

26/AP/2203 - Change of Use Under consideration/assessment
Change of useNew homes

Proposal

Change of use from office (Use Class E) to a self-contained 2-bedroom residential unit (Use Class C3) at existing first floor and mezzanine level with no external alterations. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
24 Jul 2026
✓
Validated
2 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 26 Nov 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 23 Nov 2026 and 2 Dec 2026, from Southwark's recent changes of use.

Documents 10

Statements & assessments 4

PDF SHORT VIABILITY AND VACANT BUILDING CREDIT STATEMENT Viability report · 2 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF FIRE SAFETY STRATEGY Fire Statement · 24 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF PLANNING STATEMENT Planning statement · 24 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT Design and Access statement · 24 Jul 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 2

PDF GCA PL PLN 004 REV 01 PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR AND MEZZANINE FLOOR HEIGHTS Plan - Proposed · 11 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF GCA PL PLN 005 REV 01 PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR AND MEZZANINE FLOOR SUN PATH Plan - Proposed · 11 Aug 2026 View ↗

Application forms 2

PDF FORM 1 CIL ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CIL - GIA Form · 11 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA Application - Form (Without Personal data) · 24 Jul 2026 View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF GCA PL PHO 008 REV - SITE PHOTOS Photographs and photomontages · 11 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF GCA PL PHO 009 REV - SITE PHOTOS Photographs and photomontages · 11 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 9

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 ↗
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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
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.
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
4 listed buildings within 150 m; Conservation area 42 m away: West Square; Inside the Southwark built-up area.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 3 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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
Change of Use
Postcode
SE1 7QY
Received
24 Jul 2026
Validated
2 Oct 2026
Ward
St Georges
Parish
Borough, Bankside And Walworth
Case officer
Show
Target decision
26 Nov 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Green Code Architects

Decision outlook

Day 3 of the 56-day target. Southwark usually decides changes of use by day 55.

Day 353 days to the 56-day target
59%decided within 8 weeks
78%approved
76decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Southwark in the last twelve months, from validation. Southwark decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 3 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
26 Nov 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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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