Arches 45 To 51 Wardens Grove London Southwark SE1 0HT Data via plota.co.uk

25/AP/2214 - Minor application Approved

Proposal

Change of use of 7no. railway arches from sui generis use [car park] to use class B8 [storage or distribution] and/or use class E(g)(iii) [light industrial] and associated external alteration works including installation of roller shutters, steel doors and a pedestrian door; installation of replacement brick walls and concrete block walls; and installation of insulated roof panels. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
1 Aug 2025
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Validated
6 Oct 2025
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Approved
30 Sept 2026

Approved on 30 Sept 2026 · Source Team · Last checked 11 Oct 2026

Documents 36

Decision & officer reports 6

PDF 6590/02/01 REV P5 PROPOSED PLAN Decision - Plans · 1 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF 6590/02/02 REV P2 PROPOSED ROOF PLAN Decision - Plans · 1 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF 6590/02/30 REV P5 PROPOSED SECTIONS Decision - Plans · 1 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF 6590/02/50 REV P6 PROPOSED ELEVATIONS Decision - Plans · 1 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF 6590/02/51 REV P2 EXISTING AND PROPOSED ELEVATIONS Decision - Plans · 1 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF 6590/00/01 REV P1 EXISTING SITE AND LOCATION PLANS Decision - Plans · 1 Aug 2025 View ↗

Statements & assessments 10

PDF EQUALITIES IMPACT AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT (EINA) Development Consultation Charter · 7 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF FIRE STATEMENT (FS) Fire Statement · 7 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF PLANNING FIRE SAFETY STRATEGY (PFSS) Fire Statement · 7 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF PLANNING STATEMENT (UPDATED) Planning statement · 7 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF 100931 REV 00 AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENT Air quality assessment · 1 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF 100931 REV 00 NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT Noise impact assessment · 1 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF R004 ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT Energy statement · 1 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF T002 ISSUE 1 FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT Flood risk assessment · 1 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF REV C DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT Design and Access statement · 1 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF TS01 REV B TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT Transport assessment · 1 Aug 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 2

PDF LEG/RP/PL/S106/RR020/825 SECTION 106 DEED (COMPLETED) Section 106 - Legal Agreements · 30 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF LEG/RP/PL/S106/RR020/825 DRAFT SECTION 106 AGREEMENT Section 106 - Legal Agreements · 8 Sept 2026 View ↗

Application forms 3

PDF UPDATED OWNERSHIP CERTIFICATE Application - Form (Without Personal data) · 8 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA Application - Form (Without Personal data) · 1 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE LEVY - COMPLETED FORM CIL - GIA Form · 1 Aug 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 7

PDF TFL - LONDON UNDERGROUND Statutory consultee replies · 11 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF ENVIRONMENT AGENCY Statutory consultee replies · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF FILE COPY - NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION+LIST Neighbour Notification List · 9 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF ENGAGEMENT SUMMARY (ES) Development Consultation Charter · 7 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF EQUALITIES IMPACT AND NEEDS ANALYSIS (EINA) Development Consultation Charter · 21 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF NETWORK RAIL Statutory consultee replies · 20 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF FILE COPY - NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION+LIST Neighbour Notification List · 7 Aug 2025 View ↗

Other documents 8

PDF TIME EXTENSION LETTER Time Extension - Request · 15 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF TIME EXTENSION LETTER Time Extension - Request · 8 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF SITE NOTICE Site notice · 15 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF PRESS NOTICE - 14/08/2025 Press Notice · 12 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF VALID APPLICATION LETTER WITH INVOICE Valid Application Letter · 7 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF SITE NOTICE Site notice · 7 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF 6590/00/02 REV P1 EXISTING SITE PHOTOS Photographs and photomontages · 1 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF COVERING LETTER Application - Covering letter · 1 Aug 2025 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 ↗
3 Article 4 directions
Bankside and Borough District Town Centre · Central Activities Zone · 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
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 270 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel
The site is 270 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, 236 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 ↗
Town centre: Bankside and The Borough
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.
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
6 listed buildings within 150 m; Conservation area 68 m away: Union Street; 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 2 November 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, 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 0HT
Received
1 Aug 2025
Validated
6 Oct 2025
Ward
Borough & Bankside
Parish
Borough, Bankside And Walworth
Case officer
Show
Target decision
30 Sept 2026
Decision
Minor - GRANTED
Decision date
30 Sept 2026
Decision level
Source Team
Agent
Turley

How this decision compares

Decided in 359 days from validation, 304 days slower than Southwark's median of 55 for full applications. Approved, as 87% of full applications here are.

55%decided within 8 weeks
87%approved
539decided 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

7comments received
5 objecting2 neutral

71% object · below the UK average of 74%

738 neighbours consulted · Last counted 11 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
30 Nov 2025
Env. assessment
No

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Southwark
Planning Authority Score
7/10
Good
#64 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings