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26/AP/2604 - Change of Use Under consideration/assessment
Change of useShopfrontsCommercial premises

Proposal

Change of use of ground floor from cafe with ancillary takeaway (Sui Generis) to offices (Class E), with reinstatement of ground floor frontage, including new door and windows, new first floor windows to frontage, new windows and door to rear, and removal of redundant plant and ducting to rear. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
2 Sept 2026
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Validated
17 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 11 Nov 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 8 Nov 2026 and 17 Nov 2026, from Southwark's recent changes of use.

Documents 12

Statements & assessments 2

PDF REV 1 STAGE 2 FIT-OUT FIRE STRATEGY Fire Statement · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT Design and Access statement · 2 Sept 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 7

PDF P324-25-I-03-101 - REV S PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR LAYOUT Plan - Proposed · 17 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF P324-25-I-03-102 - REV S PROPOSED SECOND FLOOR LAYOUT Plan - Proposed · 17 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF P324-25-I-03-100 - REV S1 PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR LAYOUT Plan - Proposed · 17 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF P324 25 1 03 204 REV S PROPOSED ELEVATION DETAIL VIEW Plan - Proposed · 2 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF P324 25 1 03 201 REV S PROPOSED ELEVATION Plan - Proposed · 2 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF P324 25 1 03 202 REV S PROPOSED ELEVATION Plan - Proposed · 2 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF P324 25 1 00 101 REV S SITE PLAN Site - Block plan · 2 Sept 2026 View ↗

Application forms 2

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

Other documents 1

PDF COVERING LETTER Application - Covering letter · 2 Sept 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 9

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 ↗
3 Article 4 directions
Bankside and Borough District Town Centre · Site allocation NSP17: Friars House, 157-168 Blackfriars Road · 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.
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.
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
6 listed buildings within 150 m; Conservation area 88 m away: Valentine Place; Inside the Southwark built-up area.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 20 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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
Change of Use
Postcode
SE1 0RF
Received
2 Sept 2026
Validated
17 Sept 2026
Ward
Borough & Bankside
Parish
Borough, Bankside And Walworth
Case officer
Show
Target decision
11 Nov 2026
Agent
Smith Jenkins Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 18 of the 56-day target. Southwark usually decides changes of use by day 55.

Day 1838 days to the 56-day target
59%decided within 8 weeks
78%approved
76decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

61 neighbours consulted · Last counted 2 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
11 Nov 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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Southwark
Planning Authority Score
7/10
Good
#64 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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