1 - 13 Blackpool Road London Southwark SE15 3SU Data via plota.co.uk

26/EES/0021 Under consideration/assessment

Proposal

Pre application for a comprehensive redevelopment of the site for a residential led mixed use development comprising purpose built student accommodation (SUI GENERIS), residential dwellings (Class C3) and ground floor commercial (Class E) (meeting and written advice) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
3 Jul 2026
✓
Validated
7 Jul 2026
Decision
Target date was 31 Aug 2026

As of 6 Aug 2026, the council is no longer showing this application on their planning portal. It may have been withdrawn or re-listed under a different reference. We've stopped checking it for updates.

Site constraints 5

Article 4 direction
Site allocation NSP75: Blackpool Road Business Park. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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 ↗
Also on the record
Inside the Southwark built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 4 (good), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Town centre about 80 m away: Peckham.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, 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
Postcode
SE15 3SU
Received
3 Jul 2026
Validated
7 Jul 2026
Target decision
31 Aug 2026
Freehold owner
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Decision outlook

Day 113, past the statutory target. 76% of changes of use in Southwark are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 11 Jul 2026.

Day 11357 days past the 56-day target
60%decided within 8 weeks
79%approved
78decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
31 Aug 2026
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

Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.