St James Industrial Mews 276 St Jamess Road London Southwark SE1 5JX Data via plota.co.uk

26/EES/0004 - Early Engagement Strategy Under consideration/assessment
New homes

Proposal

Pre-application meeting and written advice for 3x new build blocks to provide between 20-30 flats. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
3 Jul 2026
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Validated
23 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 17 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 14 Dec 2026 and 8 Jan 2027, from Southwark's recent new homes.

Documents

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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 ↗
Archaeological priority area
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 ↗
National infrastructure project about 789 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel
The site is about 789 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, about 1104 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 ↗
Opportunity area
Where the London Plan expects significant growth.
Boundaries are indicative and the borough holds the detailed plan.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; 1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Southwark built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 3 (moderate), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 2 November 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. 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
Early Engagement Strategy
Postcode
SE1 5JX
Received
3 Jul 2026
Validated
23 Oct 2026
Ward
Old Kent Road
Parish
Bermondsey And Rotherhithe
Case officer
Show
Target decision
17 Dec 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Adara

Decision outlook

Day 14 of the 56-day target. Southwark usually decides new homes by day 55.

Day 1442 days to the 56-day target
52%decided within 8 weeks
81%approved
84decided in the last year

Plota live figures for new homes decided by Southwark in the last twelve months, from validation. Southwark decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 4 Nov 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
17 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

2024
Wetton House 278 St Jamess Road London Southwark SE1 5JX
Extension of the existing building to provide 7 no. new residential (C3) apartments toget…
24/AP/1168
2022 Approved
Great Court 78 Rolls Road London Southwark SE1 5DU
Installation of internal window vinyl stickers to the ground floor glass windows of stude…
22/AP/2505
2021 Withdrawn
272 St Jamess Road London Southwark
Installation of a non-illuminated advertisement above the entrance
21/AP/2299
2019 Approved
Chevron Apartments 294-304 St James's Road London SE1 5JX Southwark
Extension of the existing building to provide 15no. new residential (C3) apartments toget…
19/AP/6395
2020 Approved
278-280 St Jamess Road London Southwark SE1 5JX
Extend the existing building with one additional storey (fourth floor) to create 1 x 2B3P…
20/AP/3661
2021
310-330 St Jamess Road London Southwark SE1 5JX
Redevelopment of the site comprising demolition of existing buildings and erection of thr…
21/AP/1667
2020 Approved
310-326 St Jamess Road London Southwark SE1 5JX
Request for EIA screening opinion for the redevelopment of the site to provide mixed-use…
20/AP/3797
2018 Decided
272 ST JAMESS ROAD London Southwark SE1 5JX
Demolition of existing building and erection of a student accommodation building of up to…
18/AP/0156
2019
328 ST JAMESS ROAD, LONDON, SE1 5JX
The proposed development is to demolish a three-storey existing building and the erection…
19/AP/1076
2018 Approved
294-304 St James's Road London SE1 5JX
Construction part one, part two storey roof level extension (fourth and fifth floor) to c…
18/AP/0930
2018 Approved
Petrol Filling Station 262-272 St Jamess Road London SE1 5JX
Prior notification of: the demolition of the decommissioned Petrol Filling Station
18/AP/2749
2018 Approved
276A St Jamess Road London SE1 5JX (Formerly Unit 6 St Jamess Industrial Mews)
Construction of a first and second floor extension and side extension to accomodate 2 no…
18/AP/0097
2018 Withdrawn
Wetton House 278 St Jamess Road London SE1 5JX
Extend the existing building by one storey, to create one additional 2 bed, 3 person resi…
18/AP/0547
2016 Approved
262-272 St Jamess Road London SE1 5JX
Change of use from Car Body Workshop to seven self contained residential units (C3 Use) o…
16/AP/3268
2017 Refused
294-304 St Jamess Road London SE1 5JX
Construction of a roof level extension to accommodate 9 residential apartments (Class C3)…
17/AP/3129
2017 Approved
276C St Jamess Road London SE1 5JX (Formerly Unit 6 St Jamess Industrial Mews)
Erection of a first floor extension with rear roof terrace and two storey side infill ext…
17/AP/0779
2017 Approved
Unit 3 St James Industrial Mews 276 St Jamess Road London SE1 5JX
Construction of a mansard roof extension to provide two self contained studio flats
17/AP/2275
2017 Withdrawn
PHOENIX PRIMARY SCHOOL, MARLBOROUGH GROVE, LONDON, SE1 5JT
Refurbishment of a former sports hall and to include external works. A new wire fence, ga…
17/AP/2208
2017 Approved
Units 4 And 5 St James Industrial Mews 276 St Jamess Road London SE1 5JX
Construction of an additional storey to form a 3 storey building,providing 2 x 2 bedroom…
17/AP/0195
2016 Refused
Unit 6 St James Industrial Mews 276 St Jamess Road London SE1 5JX
Retrospective application to retain the change of use of Class B1(a) unit, to two Class C…
16/AP/4754
2016 Withdrawn
Unit 6 St James Industrial Mews 276 St Jamess Road London SE1 5JX
First and second floor extension to existing single storey building to provide a total of…
16/AP/3038
2016 Approved
Unit 4 And 5 St James Industrial Mews 276 St Jamess Road London SE1 5JX
Change of use from from B1(a) offices to C3 residential (14 x studio flats)
16/AP/2222
2016 Withdrawn
290 St Jamess Road London SE1 5JX
Two storey side extension to rear with new roof light.
16/AP/2133
2016 Approved
Units 3 St James Industrial Mews 276 St Jamess Road London SE1 5JX
Change of use from Office Use (Class B1(a)) to residential units (Class C3) (x3 x studios…
16/AP/0711
2016 Refused
Wetton House 278-280 St Jamess Road London SE1 5JX
Change of use from office Class B1(a) to create x12 C3 residential units (comprising 9x s…
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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