Cottons Centre 47-49 Tooley Street London Southwark SE1 2QN Data via plota.co.uk

25/AP/2654 - Minor application Approved

Proposal

Construction of single storey (Class E) office extension at sixth floor level on the western wing of the building, installation of roof terraces at fifth, sixth and seventh floor levels including new access core, erection of roof level pergola, installation of plant and PV panels and other associated works. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

16 Sept 2025

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Validated

17 Sept 2025

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Approved

26 Feb 2026

Approved on 26 Feb 2026 · Source Team · Last checked 12 Oct 2026

Documents 41

Decision & officer reports 23

Statements & assessments 8

Application forms 2

PDF APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA Application - Form (Without Personal data) · 16 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE LEVY - COMPLETED FORM CIL - GIA Form · 16 Sept 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF FILE COPY - NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION+LIST Neighbour Notification List · 25 Sept 2025 View ↗

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 ↗

Tooley 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

Central Activities Zone · London Bridge District 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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.

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, 487 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 ↗

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 ↗

Town centre: London Bridge

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.

9 listed buildings within 150 m

Nearest: 47 and 49, Tooley Street, Grade II, 40 m away · 1 Grade II*, 8 Grade II

The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.

Show all 9 with distances

40 m47 and 49, Tooley StreetGrade II
48 mLondon Bridge Hospital, the Riverside Block Behind Tooley StreetGrade II
53 m29, 31 and 33, Tooley StreetGrade II
54 mHays GalleriaGrade II
64 mThe Counting HouseGrade II
74 mLondon Bridge Hospital (Part)Grade II
89 mDenmark HouseGrade II
101 mSt Olaf HouseGrade II*
107 mBridge Over North End, London Bridge StationGrade II

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 2A.1 Parliament Hill summit to St Paul's Cathedral; 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 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: Minor application
Postcode: SE1 2QJ
Received: 16 Sept 2025
Validated: 17 Sept 2025
Ward: London Bridge & West Bermondsey
Parish: Bermondsey And Rotherhithe
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 27 Feb 2026
Decision: Minor - GRANTED
Decision date: 26 Feb 2026
Decision level: Source Team
Agent: Rolfe Judd Planning

How this decision compares

Decided in 162 days from validation, 107 days slower than Southwark's median of 55 for full applications. Approved, as 87% of full applications here are.

This one162d

Council55d

UK57d

55%decided within 8 weeks

87%approved

539decided 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

1comment received

1 objecting

28 neighbours consulted · Last counted 12 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry: 11 Nov 2025
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

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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

Cottons Centre 47-49 Tooley Street London Southwark SE1 2QN Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 41

Decision & officer reports 23

Statements & assessments 8

Application forms 2

Consultation & comments 1

Other documents 7

Site constraints 13

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