Unit B 2 Tower Bridge Business Park Mandela Way London Southwark SE1 5SS Data via plota.co.uk

26/AP/2374 - Minor application Approved
Utility infrastructureCommercial premises

Proposal

Installation of 7x air conditioning (AC) units on the ground floor facade of existing building and relocation of existing bike store area. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
7 Aug 2026
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Validated
13 Aug 2026
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Approved
6 Oct 2026

Approved on 6 Oct 2026 · Delegated Panel - Complex · Last checked 6 Oct 2026

Documents 12

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF 4020-DMWR-DR-A-1105 REV G PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR G.A. PLAN - PLANNING SE Decision - Plans · 13 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF 4020-DMWR-DR-A-1303 REV E PROPOSED ELEVATIONS Decision - Plans · 7 Aug 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 5

PDF 1 REASONABLE EXCEPTION STATEMENT Fire Statement · 7 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF 2 REASONABLE EXCEPTION STATEMENT Fire Statement · 7 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT Flood risk assessment · 7 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF R01 NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT Noise impact assessment · 7 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF PLANNING STATEMENT Planning statement · 7 Aug 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

PDF BLOCK PLAN OF THE SITE Site - Block plan · 7 Aug 2026 View ↗

Application forms 2

PDF APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA Application - Form (Without Personal data) · 7 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE LEVY - COMPLETED FORM CIL - GIA Form · 7 Aug 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF FILE COPY - NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION+LIST Neighbour Notification List · 13 Aug 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF VALID APPLICATION LETTER WITH INVOICE Valid Application Letter · 13 Aug 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 ↗
2 Article 4 directions
Old Kent Road North District Town Centre · Site allocation NSP58: Mandela Way. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
Locally significant industrial site
A borough-level industrial site.
Boroughs protect these sites for industrial and related uses.
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 ↗
National infrastructure project 440 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel
The site is 440 m from the project boundary. Waste water treatment, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: London Strategic Heat Main Project (at pre-application, 250 m).
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Planning Inspectorate project page ↗
Opportunity area
Where the London Plan expects significant growth.
Boundaries are indicative and the borough holds the detailed plan.
Also on the record
Wider setting of protected view 23A.1 Centre of Bridge over the Serpentine to the Palace of Westminster; Radon affected area, class 2; Conservation area 53 m away: Pages Walk; Inside the Southwark built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 4 (good), 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 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.

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Important details

Council
Southwark
Application type
Minor application
Postcode
SE1 5SS
Received
7 Aug 2026
Validated
13 Aug 2026
Ward
London Bridge & West Bermondsey
Parish
Bermondsey And Rotherhithe
Case officer
Show
Target decision
7 Oct 2026
Decision
Minor - GRANTED
Decision date
6 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated Panel - Complex
Agent
WSP UK Limited

How this decision compares

Decided in 54 days from validation, about the council's usual 54 days. Approved, as 84% of utility and infrastructure works here are.

61%decided within 8 weeks
84%approved
66decided in the last year

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

Public comments

1comment received
1 objecting

14 neighbours consulted · Last counted 6 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
7 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2 Mandela Way London Southwark SE1 5SS
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2024 Approved
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2024 Approved
Unit B Tower Bridge Business Park Mandela Way London Southwark SE1 5SS
Variation of Condition 1 'Approved Plans' of planning permission ref no. 23/AP/2682: 'Ins…
24/AP/0324
2024 Approved
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24/AP/0409
2024 Approved
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Non material amendment to planning permission ref no. 23/AP/2682: Installation of a new b…
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2023 Approved
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2021 Approved
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Installation of a new barrier gate, perimeter fencing and associated works.
21/AP/0577
2018 Approved
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2017 Approved
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2017 Approved
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2017 Approved
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2017 Withdrawn
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2016 Approved
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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
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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