14-16 Belfield Clarke Square London Southwark SE1 6GP Data via plota.co.uk

26/AP/2652 - Advertisement Consent Approved
Signs & adverts

Proposal

Display of 2no. internally illuminated lettering and logo fascia signs. Data via plota.co.uk

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Received
7 Sept 2026
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Validated
10 Sept 2026
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Approved
16 Oct 2026

Approved on 16 Oct 2026 · Delegated Panel - Simple · Last checked 16 Oct 2026

Documents 9

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF R28 P 10 00 LOCATION PLAN Decision - Plans · 7 Sept 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 1

PDF PLANNING STATEMENT Planning statement · 7 Sept 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 2

PDF R28 P 58 02 PROPOSED SIGNAGE DETAILS Plan - Proposed · 7 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF R28 P 58 01 PROPOSED SHOPFRONT ELEVATION Plan - Proposed · 7 Sept 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA Application - Form (Without Personal data) · 7 Sept 2026 View ↗

Other documents 4

PDF SITE NOTICE Site notice · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF VALID APPLICATION LETTER WITH INVOICE Valid Application Letter · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF R28 P 58 03 PHOTOGRAPHS Photographs and photomontages · 7 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF R28 P 58 04 PHOTOMONTAGE Photographs and photomontages · 7 Sept 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Licence at this address

Licensed hours are what the licence permits, not opening times.

Site constraints 13

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 ↗
3 Article 4 directions
Central Activities Zone · Site allocation NSP48: Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre and London College of Communication · 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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
National infrastructure project 1066 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel
The site is 1066 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, 495 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 ↗
Also on the record
3 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 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, 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
Advertisement Consent
Postcode
SE1 6GP
Received
7 Sept 2026
Validated
10 Sept 2026
Ward
North Walworth
Parish
Borough, Bankside And Walworth
Case officer
Show
Target decision
4 Nov 2026
Decision
Advertisement Consent-GRANTED
Decision date
16 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated Panel - Simple
Applicant
Show
Agent
ILI Architects Limited

How this decision compares

Decided in 36 days from validation, 18 days faster than Southwark's median of 54 for signs and adverts. Approved, as 85% of signs and adverts here are.

61%decided within 8 weeks
85%approved
117decided in the last year

Plota live figures for signs and adverts decided by Southwark in the last twelve months, from validation. Southwark decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 16 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
4 Nov 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

2025
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24/AP/1545
2024 Refused
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Installation of free-standing open access Communication Hub, following the removal of an…
24/AP/1544
2024 Approved
Arches 129/135 And 130/136 Elephant And Castle Elephant Road London
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24/AP/1436
2024 Approved
Arches 113A/120 And 113B/121; Elephant Road London Southwark SE17 1LB
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24/AP/1416
2024 Approved
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23/AP/1937
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Removal of 2no. phone kiosk and the installation of 1no. BT Street Hub unit on pavement.
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2021 Refused
22 Elephant And Castle London Southwark
Installation and display of 2 x projecting signs and 1 x fascia sign.
21/AP/3738
2021 Approved
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2021
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Installation of underground heating pipework and associated works.
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2016 Approved
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Bus Shelter 0128/0051 Outside Metropolitan Tabernacle Church Elephant And Castle London SE1 6SD
Installation of double-sided freestanding Forum Structure, featuring 2 x Digital 84" scre…
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Bus Shelter 0128/0316 Outside London College Of Printing And Graphic Art Elephant And Castle London SE1 6SB
Installation of double-sided freestanding Forum Structure, featuring 2 x Digital 84" scre…
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Southwark
Planning Authority Score
7/10
Good
#64 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other 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
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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