5 Harmsworth Mews London Southwark SE11 4SQ Data via plota.co.uk

26/AP/2614 - Householder Application Under consideration/assessment
Solar & renewables

Proposal

Install an Air Source Heat Pump System to reduce carbon footprint. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
3 Sept 2026
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Validated
1 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 25 Nov 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 22 Nov 2026, from Southwark's recent householder applications.

Documents 10

Statements & assessments 4

PDF HERITAGE STATEMENT Heritage statement · 30 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT Design and Access statement · 3 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF REASONABLE EXCEPTION STATEMENT Fire Statement · 3 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT Noise impact assessment · 3 Sept 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 4

PDF 4 PROPOSED ELEVATION SOUTH AND WEST. Plan - Proposed · 29 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED ELEVATION NORTH AND EAST. Plan - Proposed · 29 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF BLOCK PLAN Site - Block plan · 29 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF EXISTING AND PROPOSED ELEVATION Photographs and photomontages · 3 Sept 2026 View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF PARKING PROVISION - DETAILS Parking Provision · 3 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF AERIAL VIEW PHOTOGRAPHS AND PHOTOMONTAGES Photographs and photomontages · 3 Sept 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 12

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 ↗
West Square 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 ↗
2 Article 4 directions
Central Activities Zone · Elephant and Castle Major Town Centre. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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: 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.
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.
8 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: Numbers 6-19 and Attached Railings, Grade II, 37 m away · 8 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
Tree preservation order 7 m away: Geraldine Mary Harmsworth; Inside the Southwark built-up area; Metropolitan Open Land 7 m away.
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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £360,000 in July 1997. Detached house, freehold.

23 July 1997£360,000New build

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

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Important details

Council
Southwark
Application type
Householder Application
Postcode
SE11 4SQ
Received
3 Sept 2026
Validated
1 Oct 2026
Ward
St Georges
Parish
Borough, Bankside And Walworth
Case officer
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Target decision
25 Nov 2026
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 4 of the 56-day target. Southwark usually decides householder applications by day 52.

Day 452 days to the 56-day target
76%decided within 8 weeks
95%approved
305decided in the last year

Plota live figures for householder applications 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
25 Nov 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2024 Approved
Works to trees in a conservation area: T1(Prunus) crown reduce height and sides by 1-1.5m…
24/AP/0086
2020 Approved
T1 - 1 x Bird Cherry - Tree located to front of property. Proposal to remove and cut as c…
20/AP/0219
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Approved
14 West Square London Southwark SE11 4SN
T1 - Approx. H12 S8 90+DBH Plane - Crown reduce height and sides by approx. 1-2m (regrowt…
24/AP/3738
2023 Approved
25 West Square London Southwark SE11 4SP
Rear infill extension to upper and lower ground floor levels.
23/AP/2923
2023 Approved
25 West Square London Southwark SE11 4SP
Infill extension to rear of property at upper and lower ground floor levels
23/AP/2924
2023 Approved
Flat A 99 Brook Drive London Southwark SE11 4TU
Construction of a single storey rear extension.
23/AP/2523
2023 Approved
6 Harmsworth Mews London Southwark SE11 4SQ
Installation of Air Source Heat Pump system
23/AP/2174
2022 Approved
Imperial War Museum Lambeth Road London Southwark SE1 6HZ
T1 Horse Chestnut - Lateral crown reduction by up to 2m to suitable growth points. Remova…
22/AP/4352
2022 Approved
24 West Square London Southwark SE11 4SN
Alterations including amalgamation of existing studio flat back into single dwelling hous…
22/AP/3564
2022 Approved
15 West Square London Southwark SE11 4SN
Removal of the single brick course to the threshold of the existing building and the rein…
22/AP/3508
2022 Approved
15 West Square London Southwark SE11 4SN
Cladding of existing main entrance steps and front lightwell steps in Portland Stone with…
22/AP/3507
2022 Approved
24 West Square London Southwark SE11 4SN
Alterations including amalgamation of existing flat back into single dwelling house; alte…
22/AP/3562
2022 Approved
15 West Square London Southwark SE11 4SN
Minor external and internal alterations and refurbishment to Grade II listed Georgian tow…
22/AP/1766
2022 Approved
15 West Square London Southwark SE11 4SN
Replacement of the existing rooflight at first floor and enlargement of the oculus window…
22/AP/1767
2022 Refused
15 West Square London Southwark SE11 4SN
Internal alterations to the lower ground, first floor and second floor plan. Alterations…
22/AP/0426
2022 Refused
15 West Square London Southwark SE11 4SN
Internal alterations to the lower ground, first floor and second floor plan. Alterations…
22/AP/0425
2021 Refused
7 West Square London Southwark SE11 4SN
Replacement of existing ground floor rear circular window with rectangular wooden sash wi…
21/AP/4135
2021 Approved
7 West Square London Southwark SE11 4SN
Refurbishment of listed building works include replacement of windows in 1990s extension…
21/AP/3623
2021 Approved
7 West Square London Southwark SE11 4SN
Listed building consent for refurbishment of listed building with internal modifications…
21/AP/3624
2021 Refused
7 West Square London Southwark SE11 4SN
Replacement of existing ground floor rear circular window with rectangular wooden sash wi…
21/AP/4134
2021 Approved
IWM Parkside (To The Rear Of The All Saints Annexe) Austral Street London SE11 4SJ
Retention of single-storey cycle store, to replace that approved by planning permission r…
21/AP/3209
2021 Approved
15 West Square London Southwark SE11 4SN
T1 - Medium twin stem Pittosporum. Previous storm damaged limb removed remaining section…
21/AP/1600
2017 Withdrawn
3 AUSTRAL STREET, LONDON, SE11 4SJ
Construction of single storey rear extension and removal of bay window to side of rear ou…
17/AP/1232
2017 Approved
3 Austral Street London SE11 4SJ
Erection of rear extension and removal of bay window to side of rear outrigger
17/AP/1267
2017 Approved
2 Orient Street London SE11 4SR
Remove Elder and poison stump
17/AP/1434
2016 Approved
Imperial War Museum Annex Austral Street London SE11 4SJ
Minor material amendments to Condition 1 (approved drawings) of planning permission 14/AP…
16/AP/1596
2016 Withdrawn
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

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