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25/AP/3559 - Minor application Refused
Change of useCommercial premises

Proposal

Retrospective application for change of use from retail (class E) to hot food takeaway (Sui Generis) and retention of extract ductwork. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
5 Dec 2025
✓
Validated
22 Jan 2026
✗
Refused
19 Mar 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 19 Mar 2026 · Delegated Panel - Complex · Last checked 24 Sept 2026

Documents 12

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF 210 REV A PROPOSED PLANS AND ELEVATIONS Decision - Plans · 18 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF 215 PROPOSED SIDE SECTION Decision - Plans · 5 Dec 2025 View ↗

Statements & assessments 4

PDF REASONABLE EXCEPTION STATEMENT Fire Statement · 18 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF DESIGN AND ACCESS & HERITAGE STATEMENT Design and Access statement · 18 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT Noise impact assessment · 18 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF KITCHEN VENTILATION SYSTEM Vent/extraction statement · 5 Dec 2025 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA Application - Form (Without Personal data) · 5 Dec 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF FILE COPY - NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION+LIST Neighbour Notification List · 27 Jan 2026 View ↗

Other documents 4

PDF SITE NOTICE Site notice · 2 Feb 2026 View ↗ IMG SITE NOTICE Site notice · 2 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF VALID APPLICATION LETTER WITH INVOICE Valid Application Letter · 27 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF PRESS NOTICE - 29/01/2026 Press Notice · 27 Jan 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

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 ↗
Thomas A'Becket and High Street conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
2 Article 4 directions
Old Kent Road North District Town Centre · Protected shopping frontage SF24: Old Kent Road, East Street and Dunton Road. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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 835 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel
The site is 835 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, 510 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
2 listed buildings within 150 m; Wider setting of protected view 23A.1 Centre of Bridge over the Serpentine to the Palace of Westminster; Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Southwark built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 4 (good), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 2 November 2026. 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.

Building

Floor area46 m² (495 sq ft)
Energy ratingC (72 out of 100)
PropertyMid-terrace flat, 3 habitable rooms
Built1900 to 1929
HeatingElectric storage heaters
WallsSolid brick, with internal insulation

From the energy performance certificate lodged in February 2023, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Southwark
Application type
Minor application
Postcode
SE1 5TY
Received
5 Dec 2025
Validated
22 Jan 2026
Ward
Faraday
Parish
Borough, Bankside And Walworth
Case officer
Show
Target decision
20 Mar 2026
Decision
Minor - REFUSED
Decision date
19 Mar 2026
Decision level
Delegated Panel - Complex
Applicant
Show
Agent
JPB ARCHITECTS

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 55 days. Refused, as 22% of changes of use here are.

56%decided within 8 weeks
78%approved
89decided 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.

17 neighbours consulted · Last counted 24 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
18 Mar 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

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24/AP/1565
2025
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25/AP/0733
2024 Approved
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2024 Approved
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2023 Approved
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2019 Approved
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2019 Approved
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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

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.