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26/AP/2342 - Change of Use Under consideration/assessment
Change of useNew homesCommercial premises

Proposal

Change of use of office space to 1 self build dwelling Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
5 Aug 2026
✓
Validated
22 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 16 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 13 Nov 2026 and 22 Nov 2026, from Southwark's recent changes of use.

Documents 8

Statements & assessments 1

PDF PLANNING STATEMENT Planning statement · 5 Aug 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 4

PDF P.M.100 REV A EXISTING SITE PLAN AND 3D VIEWS Site - Block plan · 5 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF P.M.600 REV B PROPOSED ELEVATIONS Plan - Proposed · 5 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF P.M.500 REV E PROPOSED FLOOR PLANS Plan - Proposed · 5 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF P.M.400 REV D PROPOSED SITE PLAN AND 3D VIEWS Site - Block plan · 5 Aug 2026 View ↗

Application forms 2

PDF COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE LEVY (CIL) CIL - GIA Form · 6 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA Application - Form (Without Personal data) · 5 Aug 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF FINANCIAL VIABILITY ANALYSIS Viability report · 5 Aug 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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
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 546 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel
The site is 546 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, 33 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.
8 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: Roman Catholic Cathedral of St George, Grade II, 48 m away · 8 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 8 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
Conservation area 34 m away: West Square; 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 6 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
Change of Use
Postcode
SE1 7QD
Received
5 Aug 2026
Validated
22 Sept 2026
Ward
St Georges
Parish
Borough, Bankside And Walworth
Case officer
Show
Target decision
16 Nov 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Reeve Brown

Decision outlook

Day 17 of the 56-day target. Southwark usually decides changes of use by day 55.

Day 1739 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

1comment received
1 supporting

23 neighbours consulted · Last counted 2 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
16 Nov 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
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2025
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2025
BT Street Hub Opposite 37 Westminster Bridge Road London Southwark SE1 7QD
Two digital 75-inch LCD display screens, one on each side of the street hub unit
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2024 Approved
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2023 Refused
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Installation of window awnings to display advertisment of restaurant.
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2022 Approved
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2022 Approved
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2018 Withdrawn
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2018 Approved
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2017 Approved
St Georges Cathedral Primary School 33 Westminster Bridge Road London SE1 7JB
Erection of new school boundary fence to Lambeth Road, to replace existing.
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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
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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