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26/AP/2714 - Approval of Details Under consideration/assessment
Admin / proceduralCommercial premises

Proposal

Details of condition 38 (Security Measures) pursuant to planning permission (Minor material amendments to planning permission (for Phased, mixed-use redevelopment of the existing Elephant and Castle shopping centre and London College of Communication sites comprising the demolition of all existing buildings and structures and redevelopment to comprise buildings ranging in height from single storey to 35 storeys above multi-level and single basements, to provide a range of uses including residential (use class C3), retail (use Class A1-A4), office (Use Class B1), Education (use class D1), assembly and leisure (use class D2) and a new station entrance and station box for use as a London underground operational railway station, means of access, public realm and landscaping works, parking and cycle storage provision, plant and servicing areas, and a range of other associated and ancillary works and structures.). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
14 Sept 2026
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Validated
15 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 9 Nov 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 9 Nov 2026.

Documents 2

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA Application - Form (Without Personal data) · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF COVER LETTER Application - Covering letter · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 16

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 ↗
4 Article 4 directions
Central Activities Zone · Site allocation NSP48: Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre and London College of Communication · Elephant and Castle Major Town Centre · Railway Arches. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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 ↗
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.
Opportunity area
Where the London Plan expects significant growth.
Boundaries are indicative and the borough holds the detailed plan.
Also on the record
2 listed buildings within 150 m; Inside the Southwark built-up area.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 17 September 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
Approval of Details
Postcode
SE1 6LW
Received
14 Sept 2026
Validated
15 Sept 2026
Ward
North Walworth
Parish
Borough, Bankside And Walworth
Case officer
Show
Target decision
9 Nov 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
DP9 Limited

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 2 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
9 Nov 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
Ground Floor Flat 25 Oswin Street London Southwark SE11 4TF
Construction of a single storey rear extension following demolition of the existing exten…
25/AP/3597
2025
London College Of Communications Site (West Site) Elephant And Castle London Borough Of Southwark London SE1 6SB
Partial demolition, refurbishment and re-use of existing London College of Communications…
25/07522/OBS
2025 Approved
London College Of Communications Site (West Site) Elephant And Castle London Borough Of Southwark London SE1 6SB
Re-consultation: Partial demolition, refurbishment and re-use of existing London College…
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2025 Refused
London College Of Communications Site (West Site) Elephant And Castle London Borough Of Southwark London SE1 6SB
Partial demolition, refurbishment and re-use of existing UAL:LCC Workshop Building for fl…
25/04493/OBS
2025
London College Of Printing And Graphic Art Elephant And Castle London Southwark SE1 6SB
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2025
London College Of Printing And Graphic Art Elephant And Castle London Southwark SE1 6SB
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2024 Approved
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2025
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2020 Approved
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2016 Approved
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Southwark
Planning Authority Score
7/10
Good
#64 of 296 councils
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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