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25/AP/1543 - Minor application Approved

Proposal

Demolition of existing dwellinghouse (use class C3). Construction of 2No. dwellinghouses (use class C3) with associated amenity space, cycle storage, refuse storage, landscaping and enabling works. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
27 May 2025
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Validated
7 Aug 2025
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Approved
13 Feb 2026

Approved on 13 Feb 2026 · Source Team · Last checked 16 Oct 2026

Documents 36

Decision & officer reports 6

PDF 3WS PL 103A PROPOSED ELEVATIONS Decision - Plans · 13 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF 3WS PL 104A PROPOSED SECTIONS Decision - Plans · 13 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF 3WS PL 105A PROPOSED 3DVIEWS Decision - Plans · 13 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF 3WS PL 102 PROPOSED FLOOR PLANS Decision - Plans · 16 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF 3WS PL 107 PROPOSED BLOCK PLAN Decision - Plans · 16 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF LOCATION PLAN Decision - Plans · 27 May 2025 View ↗

Statements & assessments 8

PDF AIR QUALITY NEUTRAL (AQN) EXEMPTION STATEMENT Air quality assessment · 7 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF ARBORICULTURAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND METHOD STATEMENT Tree survey or Arboricultural implications · 7 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF 00213 FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT Flood risk assessment · 7 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF FIRE STRATEGY Fire Statement · 1 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF HERITAGE STATEMENT Heritage statement · 1 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT Design and Access statement · 19 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF APPLICANT'S FINANCIAL VIABILITY ASSESSMENT (FVA) (1ST FV DOC.) Viability report · 19 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF PLANNING STATEMENT Planning statement · 27 May 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 10

PDF PT674012 DATED 14.07.2026 Section 106 - Legal Agreements · 24 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF LEG/RP/PL/S106/RR020/830 COMPLETED S106 AGREEMENT Section 106 - Legal Agreements · 14 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF DRAFT LEG/RP/PL/S106/RR020/830 DRAFT SECTION 106 AGREEMENT Section 106 - Legal Agreements · 27 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF 3WS PL 103 PROPOSED ELEVATIONS Plan - Superseded · 16 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF 3WS PL 104 PROPOSED SECTIONS Plan - Superseded · 16 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF 3WS PL 105 PROPOSED 3DVIEWS Plan - Superseded · 16 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF 3WS/PL/003 REV B SUPERSEDED PROPOSED ELEVATIONS Plan - Superseded · 7 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF 3WS/PL/004 REV B SUPERSEDED PROPOSED SECTION Plan - Superseded · 7 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF 3WS/PL/007 SUPERSEDED PROPOSED SITE PLAN Plan - Superseded · 1 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF 3WS/PL/002 REV A SUPERSEDED PROPOSED FLOOR PLANS Plan - Superseded · 19 Jun 2025 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA Application - Form (Without Personal data) · 27 May 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 2

PDF FILE COPY - NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION+LIST Neighbour Notification List · 19 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF FILE COPY - NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION+LIST Neighbour Notification List · 7 Aug 2025 View ↗

Other documents 9

PDF TIME EXTENSION LETTER Time Extension - Request · 8 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF SITE NOTICE Site notice · 19 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF TIME EXTENSION LETTER Time Extension - Request · 16 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF TIME EXTENSION LETTER Time Extension - Request · 25 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF LPA'S FVA REVIEW (2ND FV DOC.) Viability report · 19 Sept 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 PHOTOGRAPHS Photographs and photomontages · 1 Jul 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 16

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 ↗
West Square conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
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.
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.
12 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: Charlotte Sharman School, Block Fronting Geraldine Street, Grade II, 18 m away · 12 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Show all 12 with distances
Historic England ↗
National infrastructure project 662 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel
The site is 662 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, 183 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 ↗
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
Wider setting of protected view 23A.1 Centre of Bridge over the Serpentine to the Palace of Westminster; Inside the Southwark built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 6b (excellent), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Designated open space 26 m away; Priority habitat 36 m away: Traditional orchard; Metropolitan Open Land 57 m away.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 1 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £815,000 in July 2022. Other property, freehold.

22 July 2022£815,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area82 m² (883 sq ft)
Energy ratingC (70 out of 100), could reach B
PropertyDetached house, 5 habitable rooms
Built1983 to 1990
HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas
WallsCavity wall, filled cavity

From the energy performance certificate lodged in November 2022, 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
SE11 4SN
Received
27 May 2025
Validated
7 Aug 2025
Ward
St Georges
Parish
Borough, Bankside And Walworth
Case officer
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Target decision
17 Jul 2026
Decision
Minor - GRANTED
Decision date
13 Feb 2026
Decision level
Source Team
Applicant
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Agent
Orb Property Planning

How this decision compares

Decided in 190 days from validation, 135 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
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

12comments received
12 objecting

100% object · above the UK average of 74%

14 neighbours consulted · Last counted 16 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
1 Oct 2025
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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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
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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use

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.