Plot H1 Elephant Park Elephant Road London SE1 Data via plota.co.uk

25/AP/2859 - Major application Approved at committee

Approved at planning committee on 17 March 2026, subject to a legal agreement. The council issues its decision notice once the agreement is signed.

Proposal

Redevelopment of the site to provide a mixed use development comprising shared living (sui generis), affordable housing (Class C3) and Class E floorspace including ancillary cycle parking, accessible car parking, landscaping, public realm, plant and other associated works incidental to the development. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 5 Nov 2026, 02:36

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Application progress

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Received

3 Oct 2025

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Committee

17 Mar 2026

Decision notice

Not issued yet

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 6 Nov 2026; it is now day 399.

Planning committee

Decided by Southwark Planning Committee (Major Applications) A on 17 Mar 2026. The council has not yet issued its decision notice.

Approved

No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.

Members questioned officers and discussed the application further before voting.
Members voted to grant planning permission, subject to a legal agreement, a community engagement requirement, and referral to the Mayor of London.

Read how the committee decided Who spoke, the debate, and the vote to grant permission. Includes the meeting recording

Source: Plota analysis of Southwark's committee minutes of 17 Mar 2026.

Documents 127

Statements & assessments 47

Plans & drawings 54

Application forms 4

PDF COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE LEVY (CIL) - FORM 1: CIL ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CIL - GIA Form · 23 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF APPLICATION FORM (AREAS UPDATED) Application - Form (Without Personal data) · 6 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF CIL FORM 1 - ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CIL - GIA Form · 6 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA Application - Form (Without Personal data) · 3 Oct 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 14

PDF COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE TEAM Comment - Consultee · 12 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF OBJECTION Comment - Contributor · 2 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE TEAM Comment - Consultee · 27 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF FILE COPY - NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION+LIST Neighbour Notification List · 10 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF OBJECTION Comment - Contributor · 15 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF HSE Statutory consultee replies · 20 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF HISTORIC ENGLAND Statutory consultee replies · 5 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF THAMES WATER Comment - Consultee · 5 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF NETWORK RAIL Comment - Consultee · 5 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF NATURAL ENGLAND Statutory consultee replies · 30 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF TFL Statutory consultee replies · 30 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF ENVIRONMENT AGENCY Statutory consultee replies · 22 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC SAFEGUARDING Comment - Consultee · 20 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF FILE COPY - NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION+LIST Neighbour Notification List · 16 Oct 2025 View ↗

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 ↗

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.

Tree preservation order: Elephant Park, Castle Square & South Gardens

Consent is needed before work on protected trees.

Not every council has published its orders as open data, so no order shown is not proof there is none.

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 1127 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; 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 listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 2 November 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: Major application
Received: 3 Oct 2025
Validated: 3 Oct 2025
Ward: North Walworth
Parish: Borough, Bankside And Walworth
Target decision: 16 Oct 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: DP9

Decision outlook

Day 399, past the statutory target. 76% of full applications in Southwark are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 5 Nov 2026.

target

predicted

Day 399343 days past the 56-day target

55%decided within 8 weeks

87%approved

540decided 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

28comments received

27 objecting1 supporting

96% object · above the UK average of 74%

2,222 neighbours consulted · Last counted 5 Nov 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Committee: 17 Mar 2026
Statutory expiry: 2 Jan 2026
Env. assessment: No

Southwark

Planning Authority Score

7/10

Good

#64 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Major dwellings

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

Plot H1 Elephant Park Elephant Road London SE1 Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Planning committee

Documents 127

Statements & assessments 47

Plans & drawings 54

Application forms 4

Consultation & comments 14

Other documents 8

Site constraints 13

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Important details

Decision outlook

Public comments

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