New City Court 4-26 St Thomas Street London SE1 9RS Data via plota.co.uk

26/AP/2981 - Variation Under consideration/assessment

Proposal

Non-material amendment of planning permission (Redevelopment of the site to include: - Redevelopment of the existing 1980s office building with partial demolition (including demolition of the St Thomas Street entrance building and the King's Head Yard facade); the construction of side extensions and upward extension to add 5 storeys and create a 10-storey office building plus plant, balconies and roof terraces; - Redevelopment of Keats House (nos. 24-26 St Thomas Street) with retention of the historic frontage and construction of a roof extension to add one storey of office floorspace; - Restoration and refurbishment of the listed Georgian terrace (nos. 4-16 St Thomas Street) to create level front entrances to the offices, internal alterations and new glazed roof to the rear courtyard (with separate LBC application ref. ); - Associated public realm and highway works to St Thomas Street and King's Head Yard, cycle parking and all ancillary works.) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
9 Oct 2026
✓
Validated
20 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 16 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 16 Nov 2026.

Documents 39

Plans & drawings 36

PDF PROPOSAL Plan - Proposed · 9 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF STY-ORM-ZZ-10-DR-A-12210 REV C04 PROPOSED TENTH FLOOR PLAN Plan - Proposed · 9 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF STY-ORM-ZZ-LG-DR-A-12249 REV C05 PROPOSED LOWER GROUND FLOOR PLAN Plan - Proposed · 9 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF STY-ORM-ZZ-06-DR-A-12206 REV C04 PROPOSED SIXTH FLOOR PLAN Plan - Proposed · 9 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF STY-ORM-ZZ-08-DR-A-12208 REV C04 PROPOSED EIGHTH FLOOR PLAN Plan - Proposed · 9 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF STY-ORM-ZZ-11-DR-A-12211 REV C04 PROPOSED ROOF PLAN Plan - Proposed · 9 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF STY-ORM-ZZ-05-DR-A-12205 REV C04 PROPOSED FIFTH FLOOR PLAN Plan - Proposed · 9 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF STY-ORM-ZZ-09-DR-A-12209 REV C04 PROPOSED NINTH FLOOR PLAN Plan - Proposed · 9 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF STY-ORM-ZZ-07-DR-A-12207 REV C04 PROPOSED SEVENTH FLOOR PLAN Plan - Proposed · 9 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF STY-ORM-ZZ-03-DR-A-12203 REV C04 PROPOSED THIRD FLOOR PLAN Plan - Proposed · 9 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF STY-ORM-ZZ-04-DR-A-12204 REV C04 PROPOSED FOURTH FLOOR PLAN Plan - Proposed · 9 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF STY-ORM-ZZ-SO-DR-A-12603 REV C04 PROPOSED SOUTH ELEVATION Plan - Proposed · 9 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF STY-ORM-ZZ-2-DR-A-12202 REV C04 PROPOSED SECOND FLOOR PLAN Plan - Proposed · 9 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF STY-ORM-ZZ-WE-DR-A-12604 REV C04 PROPOSED WEST ELEVATION Plan - Proposed · 9 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF STY-ORM-ZZ-WE-DR-A-12605 REV C04 PROPOSED WEST COURTYARD ELEVATION Plan - Proposed · 9 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF STY-ORM-ZZ-1-DR-A-12201 REV C04 PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR PLAN Plan - Proposed · 9 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF STY-ORM-ZZ-0-DR-A-12200 REV C05 PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLAN Plan - Proposed · 9 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF STY-ORM-ZZ-EA-DR-A-12602 REV C04 PROPOSED EAST ELEVATION (COURTYARD) Plan - Proposed · 9 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF STY-ORM-ZZ-EA-DR-A-12601 REV C04 PROPOSED EAST ELEVATION Plan - Proposed · 9 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF STY-ORM-ZZ-NO-DR-A-12600 REV C04 PROPOSED NORTH ELEVATION Plan - Proposed · 9 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF STY-ORM-ZZ-CC-DR-A-12426 REV C03 PROPOSED SECTION - DD Plan - Proposed · 9 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF STY-ORM-ZZ-CC-DR-A-12425 REV C03 PROPOSED SECTION - CC Plan - Proposed · 9 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF STY-ORM-ZZ-BB-DR-A-12420 REV C03 PROPOSED SECTION - BB Plan - Proposed · 9 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF STY-ORM-ZZ-AA-DR-A-12415 REV C04 PROPOSED SECTION - AA Plan - Proposed · 9 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF STY-ORM-ZZ-LG-DR-A-40304 REV C02 DEMOLITION AND PROPOSED THIRD FLOOR PLAN Plan - Proposed · 9 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF STY-ORM-ZZ-LG-DR-A-40301 REV C02 DEMOLITION AND PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLAN Plan - Proposed · 9 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF STY-ORM-ZZ-LG-DR-A-40222 REV C03 FIRST FLOOR PLAN - EXISTING, DEMOLITION AND PROPOSED Plan - Proposed · 9 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF STY-ORM-ZZ-LG-DR-A-40305 REV C02 ROOF PLAN - DEMOLITION AND PROPOSED Plan - Proposed · 9 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF STY-ORM-ZZ-LG-DR-A-40303 REV C02 SECOND FLOOR PLAN - DEMOLITION AND PROPOSED Plan - Proposed · 9 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF STY-ORM-ZZ-LG-DR-A-40300 REV C02 LOWER GROUND FLOOR PLAN - DEMOLITION AND PROPOSED Plan - Proposed · 9 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF STY-ORM-ZZ-LG-DR-A-40302 REV C02 FIRST FLOOR PLAN - DEMOLITION AND PROPOSED Plan - Proposed · 9 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF STY-ORM-ZZ-LG-DR-A-40225 REV C02 ROOF PLAN - EXISTING, DEMOLITION AND PROPOSED Plan - Proposed · 9 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF STY-ORM-ZZ-LG-DR-A-40221 REV C03 GROUND FLOOR PLAN - EXISTING, DEMOLITION AND PROPOSED Plan - Proposed · 9 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF STY-ORM-ZZ-LG-DR-A-40224 REV C03 THIRD FLOOR PLAN - EXISTING, DEMOLITION AND PROPOSED Plan - Proposed · 9 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF STY-ORM-ZZ-LG-DR-A-40223 REV C03 SECOND FLOOR PLAN - EXISTING, DEMOLITION AND PROPOSED Plan - Proposed · 9 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF STY-ORM-ZZ-LG-DR-A-40220 REV C03 LOWER GROUND FLOOR PLAN - EXISTING, DEMOLITION AND PROPOSED Plan - Proposed · 9 Oct 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 14

Site constraints 14

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 ↗
Borough High Street 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 ↗
3 Article 4 directions
Protected shopping frontage SF8: Borough High Street · Central Activities Zone · London Bridge District 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 ↗
National infrastructure project 68 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel
The site is 68 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, 207 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 ↗
Scheduled monument 70 m away: Romano-British bath house and medieval remains at 11-15 Borough High Street
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
Town centre: London Bridge
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.
37 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: Numbers 4-8 and 12-16 and Attached Railings, Grade II, 11 m away · 2 Grade I, 5 Grade II*, 27 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.
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Historic England ↗
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 2A.1 Parliament Hill summit to St Paul's Cathedral; 3A.1 Kenwood viewing gazebo to St Paul's Cathedral; Inside the Southwark built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 6b (excellent), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square.
Not affected
Not green belt

Checked on 21 October 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
Variation
Postcode
SE1 9RS
Received
9 Oct 2026
Validated
20 Oct 2026
Ward
London Bridge & West Bermondsey
Parish
Bermondsey And Rotherhithe
Case officer
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Target decision
16 Nov 2026
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Agent
DP9 Limited

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 21 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
16 Nov 2026
Env. assessment
No
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