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25/AP/3125 - Minor application Approved

Proposal

Demolition of Giraffe House to ground level and removal of fencing and redundant play equipment; Erection of temporary hoarding to enclose the site after demolition for an estimated four years, and erection of three temporary, individual, steel public toilet cabins to be in place for an estimated two and a half years. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 11 Oct 2026, 19:11

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Application progress

✓

Received

28 Oct 2025

✓

Validated

30 Oct 2025

✓

Approved

20 Aug 2026

Approved on 20 Aug 2026 · Delegated Panel - Complex · Last checked 11 Oct 2026

Documents 18

Associated applications 2

FullApproved20 Aug 202625/AP/3125This application
Demolition of Giraffe House to ground level and removal of fencing and redundant play equipment; Erection of temporary hoarding…
Conditions 5 awaiting decision
- ConditionsDetails of Condition 5- Asbestos R&D Report as required by full19 Oct 202626/AP/3068

Site constraints 8

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 ↗

Designated open space

Borough-designated open space.

Loss of protected open space is resisted unless it is replaced by space of equal or better quality nearby.

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 ↗

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2; National infrastructure project 1580 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel; 4 listed buildings within 150 m; Inside the Southwark built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 2 (poor), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square.

Not affected

Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 October 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: Minor application
Postcode: SE5 0AH
Received: 28 Oct 2025
Validated: 30 Oct 2025
Ward: Faraday
Parish: Borough, Bankside And Walworth
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 21 Aug 2026
Decision: Minor - GRANTED
Decision date: 20 Aug 2026
Decision level: Delegated Panel - Complex
Applicant: Show
Agent: Inter Urban Studios

How this decision compares

Decided in 294 days from validation, 239 days slower than Southwark's median of 55 for full applications. Approved, as 88% of full applications here are.

This one294d

Council55d

UK56d

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

8comments received

7 objecting1 supporting

88% object · above the UK average of 74%

103 neighbours consulted · Last counted 11 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry: 24 Dec 2025
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

1 nearby application on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2021 Approved

Albany Road London Southwark

Prior approval notification for a proposed 16m Phase 8 Monopole C/W wrapround Cabinet at…

21/AP/3455 11 Nov 2021

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