Unit 5, Plot H3, Elephant Park 1 Walworth Square London Southwark SE17 1GA Data via plota.co.uk

25/AP/2104 - Advertisement Consent Approved

Proposal

Display of 2no. internally illuminated projecting signs. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
23 Jul 2025
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Validated
1 Aug 2025
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Approved
6 Oct 2025

Approved on 6 Oct 2025 · Delegated Panel - Complex · Last checked 16 Oct 2026

Site constraints 15

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
Tree preservation order: Elephant Park, Castle Square & South Gardens
Consent is needed before work on protected trees.
Not every council has published its orders as open data, so no order shown is not proof there is none.
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.
5 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: Southwark Municipal Offices and Attached Railings, Grade II, 39 m away · 5 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 5 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
National infrastructure project 1118 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel; Conservation area 31 m away: Walworth Road; Radon affected area, class 2; Heritage at risk 31 m away: Walworth Road, Walworth; Inside the Southwark built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 6b (excellent), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 1 November 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
Advertisement Consent
Postcode
SE17 1GA
Received
23 Jul 2025
Validated
1 Aug 2025
Ward
North Walworth
Parish
Borough, Bankside And Walworth
Case officer
Show
Target decision
6 Oct 2025
Decision
Advertisement Consent-GRANTED
Decision date
6 Oct 2025
Decision level
Delegated Panel - Complex
Agent
WSP UK Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 66 days from validation, 11 days slower than Southwark's median of 55 for signs and adverts. Approved, as 87% of signs and adverts here are.

59%decided within 8 weeks
87%approved
130decided in the last year

Plota live figures for signs and adverts decided by Southwark in the last twelve months, from validation. Southwark decision record →

Public comments

21comments received
21 objecting

100% object · above the UK average of 74%

65 neighbours consulted · Last counted 16 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
25 Sept 2025
Env. assessment
No
Southwark
Planning Authority Score
7/10
Good
#64 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other 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