Bankside House 24 Sumner Street London Southwark SE1 9JA Data via plota.co.uk

25/AP/2480 - Major application Approved at committee

Approved at planning committee on 23 March 2026, subject to a legal agreement. The council issues its decision notice once the agreement is signed.

Proposal

Demolition of the existing building and hardstanding and redevelopment of Bankside House to provide one mixed-use building of three distinct built elements connected by a pavilion level to provide purpose-built student accommodation with ancillary facilities (Sui Generis) and ground floor commercial floorspace, café and retail (Use Class E) and community facilities (Use Class F1/F2), (including part use as a hotel Class C1 [and/or for the provision of other short-term seasonal accommodation] outside of term times) alongside associated cycle parking, servicing, plant, landscaping improvements, and wider public realm enhancements. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

22 Aug 2025

✓

Validated

7 Oct 2025

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Committee

23 Mar 2026

Decision notice

Not issued yet

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 6 Nov 2026; it is now day 395.

Planning committee

Decided by Southwark Planning Committee (Major Applications) B on 23 Mar 2026. The council has not yet issued its decision notice.

Approved

As officers recommended.

Officers advised approval because the scheme would provide student accommodation, affordable rooms, public benefits and improved public realm, subject to safeguards.
There were 107 public responses: four supported the scheme and 103 objected, citing effects including daylight, privacy, noise, design and transport.
The committee carried motions to grant permission, ultimately approving the application with additional conditions, subject to the stated requirements.

Read how the committee decided The proposed development, site history, officers’ assessment, consultation responses, committee discussion, vote and decision. Includes the meeting recording

Source: Plota analysis of Southwark's committee minutes of 23 Mar 2026.

Documents 201

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF COMMITTEE REPORT Committee - Report · 12 May 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 39

Plans & drawings 110

Application forms 2

PDF Application - Form (Without Personal data) Application - Form (Without Personal data) · 9 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF CIL - GIA Form CIL - GIA Form · 28 Aug 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 22

PDF OBJECTION Comment - Contributor · 17 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF GLA STAGE 1 REPORT Comment - Consultee · 16 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF OBJECTION EMAIL DATED FEB 25 2026 Comment - Contributor · 15 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF OBJECTION Comment - Contributor · 24 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF SUPPORT Comment - Contributor · 23 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF SUPPORT Comment - Contributor · 23 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF SUPPORT Comment - Contributor · 23 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF TFL Comment - Consultee · 5 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF HISTORIC ENGLAND Statutory consultee replies · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF NHS Comment - Consultee · 20 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF OBJECTS Comment - Contributor · 4 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF THAMES WATER Comment - Consultee · 3 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF NETWORK RAIL Comment - Consultee · 3 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE Comment - Consultee · 3 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF TFL Statutory consultee replies · 30 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY Statutory consultee replies · 20 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF NATS Statutory consultee replies · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF HEATHROW Statutory consultee replies · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF LONDON CITY AIRPORT Statutory consultee replies · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF FILE COPY - NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION+LIST Neighbour Notification List · 16 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF UK POWER NETWORK Statutory consultee replies · 15 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF DEVELOPMENT CONSULTATION CHARTER DOCUMENT INC. ENGAGEMENT SUMMARY Development Consultation Charter · 28 Aug 2025 View ↗

Site constraints 12

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

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 33 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel

The site is 33 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, 203 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 ↗

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

Scheduled monument 182 m away: The Hope Playhouse, and the remains of three further bear gardens, Bankside; 1 listed building 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

Checked on 2 November 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: Major application
Postcode: SE1 9JA
Received: 22 Aug 2025
Validated: 7 Oct 2025
Ward: Borough & Bankside
Parish: Borough, Bankside And Walworth
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 30 Sept 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: Montagu Evans LLP

Decision outlook

Day 395, past the statutory target. 76% of full applications in Southwark are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 4 Nov 2026.

target

predicted

Day 395339 days past the 56-day target

55%decided within 8 weeks

87%approved

540decided in the last year

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

Public comments

128comments received

123 objecting1 neutral4 supporting

96% object · above the UK average of 74%

1,265 neighbours consulted · Last counted 4 Nov 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Committee: 23 Mar 2026
Statutory expiry: 6 Jan 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

26 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

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Southwark

Planning Authority Score

7/10

Good

#64 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Major dwellings

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

Bankside House 24 Sumner Street London Southwark SE1 9JA Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Planning committee

Documents 201

Decision & officer reports 1

Statements & assessments 39

Plans & drawings 110

Application forms 2

Consultation & comments 22

Other documents 27

Site constraints 12

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