City Of London Academy 240 Lynton Road London Southwark SE1 5LA Data via plota.co.uk

26/AP/2196 - Approval of Details Approved
Schools, care & community

Proposal

Details of Condition 9 (Bird and Bat Boxes) as required by planning permission ref. dated 05/06/2025 for 'Erection of new basketball hall with supporting facilities (changing rooms and WCs) and a lightweight link to the existing school building.' Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
24 Jul 2026
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Validated
29 Jul 2026
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Approved
18 Aug 2026

Approved on 18 Aug 2026 · Source Team · Last checked 22 Aug 2026

Documents 6

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF LOCATION OF BIRD AND BAT BOXES Decision - Plans · 24 Jul 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 1

PDF PLANNING STATEMENT Planning statement · 24 Jul 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA Application - Form (Without Personal data) · 24 Jul 2026 View ↗

Other documents 3

PDF BIRD BOXES -PHOTOS Photographs and photomontages · 30 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF VALID APPLICATION LETTER WITH INVOICE Valid Application Letter · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF PHOTOGRAPH OF BAT AND BIRD BOXES Photographs and photomontages · 27 Jul 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

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 ↗
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 474 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel
The site is 474 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, 826 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 ↗
2 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: Church of St Augustine, Grade II*, 55 m away · 1 Grade II*, 1 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 2 with distances
Historic England ↗
Opportunity area
Where the London Plan expects significant growth.
Boundaries are indicative and the borough holds the detailed plan.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Southwark built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 2 (poor), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Designated open space 38 m away.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI), 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
Approval of Details
Postcode
SE1 5LA
Received
24 Jul 2026
Validated
29 Jul 2026
Ward
South Bermondsey
Parish
Bermondsey And Rotherhithe
Case officer
Show
Target decision
22 Sept 2026
Decision
AOD - Granted
Decision date
18 Aug 2026
Decision level
Source Team
Applicant
Show
Agent
Barker Associates (Essex) Limited

How this decision compares

Decided in 20 days from validation, 30 days faster than Southwark's median of 50 for community buildings. Approved, as 98% of community buildings here are.

60%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
48decided in the last year

Plota live figures for community buildings decided by Southwark in the last twelve months, from validation. Southwark decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 22 Aug 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
22 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

32 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
Details of Condition 4 (CEMP) pursuant to planning permission ref. 23/AP/2312 dated 05/06…
25/AP/1710
2025 Approved
Details of Condition 3a (Remediation Strategy) pursuant to planning permission ref. 23/AP…
25/AP/1701
2025 Approved
Details of Condition 7 (Surface Water Drainage) pursuant to planning permission ref. 23/A…
25/AP/1713
2025 Approved
Details of Condition 5 (Programme of Archaeological Evaluation Works) pursuant to plannin…
25/AP/1711
2025 Approved
Details of Condition 6 (Archaeological Mitigation Works) pursuant to planning permission…
25/AP/1712
2025
Details of Condition 18 (Archaeological Assessment Report) pursuant to planning permissio…
25/AP/1714
2024 Approved
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for a free-standing single-storey catering kiosk wit…
24/AP/1690
2022 Approved
Addition of solar PV panels to the existing flat roofs of the City of London Academy comp…
22/AP/0393
2021 Withdrawn
Prior approval notification for the installation of 457 solar PV panels on a flat roof mo…
21/AP/4600
2021 Withdrawn
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for solar PV panels to the existing flat roofs of th…
21/AP/3696
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2017 Withdrawn
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2017
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2017 Approved
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2017 Approved
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2017
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2016 Approved
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2016 Approved
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2016 Withdrawn
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16/AP/2591
2016 Approved
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16/AP/2665
2016 Approved
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16/AP/2705
2016 Approved
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Eastern Elevation - Apply render finishes to the existing brickwork. Installation of sing…
16/AP/1801
2016 Approved
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Application of render finish to east elevation flank wall. Change approved timber panelle…
16/AP/1799
2016 Approved
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Erection of a two storey extension on top of existing building and an additional storey o…
16/AP/0722
2016 Approved
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Details of Condition 2 the following samples shall be made available on site for inspecti…
16/AP/1165
2016 Approved
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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
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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

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