2-4 Ragstone Street London Southwark SE1 6GN Data via plota.co.uk

26/AP/1528 - Minor application Approved

Proposal

Alterations to the ground floor elevations including modifications to shopfront glazing and entrances. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

27 May 2026

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Validated

24 Jun 2026

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Approved

6 Aug 2026

Approved on 6 Aug 2026 · Delegated Panel - Simple · Last checked 7 Aug 2026

Documents 13

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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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 1098 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel; Wider setting of protected view 23A.1 Centre of Bridge over the Serpentine to the Palace of Westminster; Radon affected area, class 2; 2 listed buildings within 150 m; 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

Checked on 6 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.

Building

Floor area110 m² (1,184 sq ft)

Energy ratingB (asset rating 30)

UseRetail/Financial and Professional Services

HeatingAir Conditioning

From the energy performance certificate lodged in July 2026, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council: Southwark
Application type: Minor application
Postcode: SE1 6GN
Received: 27 May 2026
Validated: 24 Jun 2026
Ward: North Walworth
Parish: Borough, Bankside And Walworth
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 18 Aug 2026
Decision: Minor - GRANTED
Decision date: 6 Aug 2026
Decision level: Delegated Panel - Simple
Agent: Lichfields

How this decision compares

Decided in 43 days from validation, 7 days faster than Southwark's median of 50 for commercial premises. Approved, as 93% of commercial premises here are.

This one43d

Council50d

UK56d

63%decided within 8 weeks

93%approved

524decided in the last year

Plota live figures for commercial premises decided by Southwark in the last twelve months, from validation. Southwark decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 7 Aug 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry: 18 Aug 2026
Env. assessment: No

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

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.

2-4 Ragstone Street London Southwark SE1 6GN Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 13

Decision & officer reports 1

Statements & assessments 2

Plans & drawings 4

Application forms 2

Consultation & comments 1

Other documents 3