Seven Islands Leisure Centre 70 - 86 Lower Road London Southwark SE16 2TU Data via plota.co.uk

26/EES/0023 - Early Engagement Strategy Under consideration/assessment
New homes

Proposal

Pre-application planning advice for redevelopment of the vacant Seven Islands Leisure Centre Site to provide c.250 residential dwellings Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
3 Jul 2026
✓
Validated
7 Jul 2026
Decision
Expected by 31 Aug 2026

As of 6 Aug 2026, the council is no longer showing this application on their planning portal. It may have been withdrawn or re-listed under a different reference. We've stopped checking it for updates.

Documents

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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 ↗
National infrastructure project: Thames Tideway Tunnel
The site is inside 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 5 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 ↗
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 ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Registered park or garden about 56 m away: Southwark Park
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
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
Wider setting of protected view 5A.2 Greenwich Park Wolfe statue to St Paul's Cathedral; 5A.2 Greenwich Park Wolfe statue to Tower Bridge; 1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Southwark built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 6a (excellent), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Designated open space about 31 m away.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 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, 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
SE16 2TU
Received
3 Jul 2026
Validated
7 Jul 2026
Ward
Rotherhithe
Parish
Bermondsey And Rotherhithe
Case officer
Show
Target decision
31 Aug 2026
Agent
Quod

Decision outlook

Day 94, past the statutory target. 69% of new homes 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 11 Jul 2026.

Day 9438 days past the 56-day target
53%decided within 8 weeks
80%approved
72decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
31 Aug 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
56 Lower Road London Southwark SE16 2TU
Construction of a vehicle crossover to allow the use of paved yard as a drive way for one…
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2024
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Two storey side extension with a flat green roof, a loft conversion with skylights to the…
24/AP/3787
2024 Approved
29 Ann Moss Way London Southwark SE16 2TJ
Construction of a single story side extension with two roof lights.
24/AP/0809
2023 Approved
66B Lower Road London Southwark SE16 2TU
Construction of a side infill extension to the rear of the property.
23/AP/2201
2023 Approved
53 Ann Moss Way London Southwark SE16 2TJ
Construction of a ground floor front porch extension and rear dormer roof extension with…
23/AP/1038
2022 Approved
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2021 Approved
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Construction for a part single storey and part double storey rear extension.
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2020 Approved
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Construction of rear dormer extension
20/AP/3291
2020 Approved
60 Lower Road London Southwark SE16 2TU
Construction of a crossover (dropped kerb) to provide vehicle access to 60 Lower Road.
20/AP/2748
2019 Refused
60 Lower Road London Southwark SE16 2TU
Construction of a crossover (dropped kerb) to provide vehicle access to 60 Lower Road.
19/AP/7241
2020 Approved
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20/AP/1034
2020 Withdrawn
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Certificate of lawful development (proposed) for a single storey side-rear extension.
20/AP/0185
2019 Approved
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Replacement of two existing illuminated 48-sheet advertising displays with a single inter…
19/AP/6926
2019 Approved
56 Lower Road London Southwark SE16 2TU
Construction of a vehicle crossover to allow the use of paved yard as a drive way for one…
19/AP/5709
2018 Refused
Public Highway Adjacent To Wells House Howland Estate Lower Road SE16
Prior approval notification for the installation of a public telephone box
18/AP/3523
2018 Approved
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Construction of part single, part first floor rear extensions.
18/AP/1347
2018 Approved
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Enclosure of the existing porch area with double glazing to front
18/AP/0154
2017 Approved
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2017 Refused
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17/AP/0734
2017 Approved
Link Unit On Pavement Outside Of Leisure Centre On Lower Road Near Junction Of Gomm Road
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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
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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