Land Adjacent To Embassy Tea House 195 - 205 Union Street London Southwark Data via plota.co.uk

26/AP/2920 - Minor application Under consideration/assessment
Commercial & major worksCommercial premises

Proposal

Erection of a new boundary wall and associated alterations to the existing commercial yard to provide ancillary outdoor breakout space in connection with the existing Class E office use of Embassy Tea House. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
2 Oct 2026
✓
Validated
8 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 2 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 30 Nov 2026 and 24 Dec 2026, from Southwark's recent commercial and major works.

Documents 11

Statements & assessments 2

PDF REASONABLE EXCEPTION STATEMENT Fire Statement · 8 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF PLANNING, DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT Design and Access statement · 2 Oct 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 4

PDF 017 20 00 REV P2 BLOCK PLAN Site - Block plan · 2 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF 017 23 00 REV P4 PROPOSED SITE PLAN Plan - Proposed · 2 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF 017 24 00 REV P3 PROPOSED EAST ELEVATION/STREETSCENE Plan - Proposed · 2 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF 017 25 00 REV P3 PROPOSED NORTH ELEVATION/STREETSCENE Plan - Proposed · 2 Oct 2026 View ↗

Application forms 2

PDF APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA Application - Form (Without Personal data) · 2 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE LEVY - COMPLETED FORM CIL - GIA Form · 2 Oct 2026 View ↗

Other documents 3

PDF 017 19 00 REV P2 EXISTING SITE PHOTOGRAPHS Photographs and photomontages · 2 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF 017 19A 00 REV P2 EXISTING SITE PHOTOGRAPHS Photographs and photomontages · 2 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF 017 27 00 REV P3 PROPOSED VISUAL Photographs and photomontages · 2 Oct 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 11

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 ↗
2 Article 4 directions
Bankside and Borough District Town Centre · Central Activities Zone. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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 ↗
Town centre: Bankside and The Borough
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.
National infrastructure project 331 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel
The site is 331 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, 285 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 ↗
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
5 listed buildings within 150 m; 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 9 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
Minor application
Postcode
SE1 0LN
Received
2 Oct 2026
Validated
8 Oct 2026
Ward
Borough & Bankside
Parish
Borough, Bankside And Walworth
Case officer
Show
Target decision
2 Dec 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Benchmark Development Planning Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 11 of the 56-day target. Southwark usually decides commercial and major works by day 61.

Day 1150 days to the predicted decision (day 61)
46%decided within 8 weeks
92%approved
8%go to committee

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 9 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
2 Dec 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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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
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings