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26/AP/2971 - Advertisement Consent Under consideration/assessment

Proposal

Installation of partially illuminated hoardings for a temporary period of 5 years. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 18 Oct 2026, 05:27

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Application progress

✓

Received

9 Oct 2026

✓

Validated

12 Oct 2026

Decision

Expected by 6 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 5 Dec 2026, from Southwark's recent signs and adverts.

Documents 8

Site constraints 13

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 ↗

3 Article 4 directions

Central Activities Zone · Site allocation NSP48: Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre and London College of Communication · 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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.

Opportunity area

Where the London Plan expects significant growth.

Boundaries are indicative and the borough holds the detailed plan.

Also on the record

National infrastructure project 1080 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel; 3 listed buildings within 150 m; Wider setting of protected view 23A.1 Centre of Bridge over the Serpentine to the Palace of Westminster; Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Southwark built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 6b (excellent), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square.

Not affected

Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

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Important details

Council: Southwark
Application type: Advertisement Consent
Received: 9 Oct 2026
Validated: 12 Oct 2026
Ward: North Walworth
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 6 Dec 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: DP9 Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 7 of the 56-day target. Southwark usually decides signs and adverts by day 54.

prediction

Day 749 days to the 56-day target

61%decided within 8 weeks

85%approved

117decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 15 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry: 6 Dec 2026
Env. assessment: No

Southwark

Planning Authority Score

7/10

Good

#64 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Other 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

Elephant And Castle Development Site Elephant And Castle London Southwark Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 8

Statements & assessments 1

Plans & drawings 5

Application forms 1

Other documents 1