Former Houchin Playing Fields, Canterbury Road, Kennington Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Non-material amendment to planning permission for the erection of a Class E retail unit alongside access, car parking, landscaping and associated works to allow changes to roof - upper parapet height increased by 500mm and lower parapet height increased by 600mm. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved around 14 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 21 Aug 2026
Documents 6
Decision & officer reports 2
Plans & drawings 2
Application forms 1
Other documents 1
Associated applications 8
Site constraints 7
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Last counted 21 Aug 2026
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- 14 Aug 2026
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Former Houchin Playing Fields, Canterbury Road, Kennington, TN24 8QQ
Variation of conditions 2 (Approved Plans and Documents) and 17 (Highway Safety). Removal of condition 18 (Highway Mitigation Scheme) of planning permission 22/01067/AS for "The erection of a Class E retail unit alongside access, car parking, landscaping and associated works" to allow amendments to the wording of condition 2 to reference the updated plans, amend the wording of condition 17 and to remove condition 18
- Received
- 27 Jun 2025
- Decided
- 15 Sep 2025
- Outcome
- Approved
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- Conditions
Former Houchin Playing Fields, Canterbury Road, Kennington
The erection of a Class E retail unit alongside access, car parking, landscaping and associated works
- Received
- 1 Jul 2022
- Decided
- 3 May 2024
- Outcome
- Approved