31 Amelia Street London Southwark SE17 3PY Data via plota.co.uk

26/AP/2556 - Variation Refused

Proposal

Non-Material Amendment to planning permission (as amended by ) for 'Demolition of the existing building on the site and erection of a mixed-use development comprising 744sqm commercial floorspace (Class E) and student accommodation (146 rooms)'. Amendments include revisions to the approved layout, fire safety strategy, cycle parking provision, communal amenity spaces, commercial accommodation, roof plant arrangement, elevations and fenestration, together with an increase in the overall building height and commercial floorspace. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
27 Aug 2026
Validated
28 Aug 2026
Refused
11 Sept 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 11 Sept 2026 · Source Team · Last checked 11 Sept 2026

Documents 21

Plans & drawings 17

PDF 674-DFA-ZZ-07-DR-A-025-0107 REV P03 GA PLAN -LEVEL 07 Plan - Amended · 27 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF 674-DFA-ZZ-RF-DR-A-025-0108 REV P02 GA PLAN -LEVEL ROOF Plan - Amended · 27 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF 674-DFA-ZZ-B1-DR-A-025-0099 REV P02 GA PLAN -BASEMENT Plan - Amended · 27 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF 674-DFA-ZZ-06-DR-A-025-0106 REV P02 GA PLAN -LEVEL 06 Plan - Amended · 27 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF 674-DFA-ZZ-05-DR-A-025-0105 REV P02 GA PLAN -LEVEL 05 Plan - Amended · 27 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF 674-DFA-ZZ-04-DR-A-025-0104 REV P02 GA PLAN -LEVEL 04 Plan - Amended · 27 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF 674-DFA-XX-E-DR-A-025-0151 REV P02 GA ELEVATION -EAST Plan - Amended · 27 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF 674-DFA-ZZ-03-DR-A-025-0103 REV P02 GA PLAN -LEVEL 03 Plan - Amended · 27 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF 674-DFA-ZZ-02-DR-A-025-0102 REV P02 GA PLAN -LEVEL 02 Plan - Amended · 27 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF 674-DFA-XX-W-DR-A-025-0152 REV P02 GA ELEVATION -WEST Plan - Amended · 27 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF 674-DFA-ZZ-00-DR-A-025-0100 REV P02 GA PLAN -LEVEL 00 Plan - Amended · 27 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF 674-DFA-XX-N-DR-A-025-0150 REV P0P2 GA ELEVATION -NORTH Plan - Amended · 27 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF 674-DFA-XX-SP-DR-A-025-0041 REV P01 SITE PLAN - LEVEL 00 Plan - Amended · 27 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF 674-DFA-XX-GS-DR-A-025-0078 REV P02 SECTION 01 Plan - Amended · 27 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF 674-DFA-XX-GS-DR-A-025-0079 REV P02 SECTION 02 Plan - Amended · 27 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF 674-DFA-ZZ-01-DR-A-025-0101 REV P01 GA PLAN - LEVEL 01 Plan - Amended · 27 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF 674-DFA-XX-S-DR-A-025-0153 REV P02 GA ELEVATION - SOUTH Plan - Amended · 27 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 8

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.
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.
Opportunity area
Where the London Plan expects significant growth.
Boundaries are indicative and the borough holds the detailed plan.
Also on the record
Inside the Southwark built-up area.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 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
Variation
Postcode
SE17 3PY
Received
27 Aug 2026
Validated
28 Aug 2026
Ward
Newington
Parish
Borough, Bankside And Walworth
Case officer
Show
Target decision
24 Sept 2026
Decision
Not Agreed - for app types VLA and VNMC
Decision date
11 Sept 2026
Decision level
Source Team
Applicant
Show
Agent
Montagu Evans

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 11 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
24 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No
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