229-235 Southwark Bridge Road London Southwark SE1 6NP Data via plota.co.uk

26/AP/2320 - Major application Under consideration/assessment

Proposal

Redevelopment of the site to include demolition of no. 229 and Pocock House, erection of a purpose built student accommodation building (Sui Generis), retention and remodeling of nos. 231 and 233 to provide flexible commercial/community floorspace (Class E / Class F1 / Class F2), with associated public realm, access, car parking, cycle parking, hard and soft landscaping and other ancillary works. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 12 Sept 2026, 08:05

Application progress

✓

Received

3 Aug 2026

✓

Validated

10 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 10 Dec 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 25 Oct 2026 and 3 Nov 2026, from Southwark's recent changes of use.

Documents 205

Statements & assessments 131

Plans & drawings 66

Application forms 2

PDF FORM 1 CIL ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CIL - GIA Form · 6 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA Application - Form (Without Personal data) · 3 Aug 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 10

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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.

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 ↗

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

3 listed buildings within 150 m; Inside the Southwark built-up area.

Not affected

Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 12 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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
Postcode: SE1 6NP
Received: 3 Aug 2026
Validated: 10 Sept 2026
Ward: St Georges
Parish: Borough, Bankside And Walworth
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 10 Dec 2026
Agent: DP9 Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 4 of the 56-day target. Southwark usually decides changes of use by day 51.

prediction

Day 452 days to the 56-day target

67%decided within 8 weeks

79%approved

48decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Southwark in the last twelve months, from validation. Southwark decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 12 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry: 10 Dec 2026
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:

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

229-235 Southwark Bridge Road London Southwark SE1 6NP Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 205

Statements & assessments 131

Plans & drawings 66

Application forms 2

Other documents 6

Site constraints 10

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Public comments

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