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25/AP/2547 - S.73 Vary/Remove Conds/Minor Alterations Approved

Proposal

Minor material amendment to planning permission ref: dated 04/09/2025 for 'Redevelopment including part demolition and part retention of existing building to provide mixed-use development comprising purpose-built student accommodation (Sui Generis), residential accommodation (Use Class C3), Commercial, Business and Service floorspace (Use Class E excluding E(g)(ii) and (iii)), Community floorspace (Use Class F2), flexible Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E excluding E(g) (ii) and (iii))/Community floorspace (Use Class F2) within two buildings ranging from 6 to 7 storeys with associated amenity space, landscaping, car and cycle parking, public realm and highways improvements.' Amendments (all related to affordable housing block) include: -Removal of 1 storey (7 storeys down to 6 storeys) - same number of habitable rooms to be provided (with high risk building status removed) -Minor increase in ground floor and first floor footprint (10sqm) -Minor amendments to internal layout (including enlarged staircases, additional smoke shafts, redesigned liftcore) -Additional window bay added to Amelia Street facade (external) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Appeal allowed
7 Mar 2024
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Received
5 Sept 2025
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Validated
8 Sept 2025
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Approved
10 Dec 2025

Approved on 10 Dec 2025 · Source Team · Last checked 12 Oct 2026

Documents 28

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 16

Site constraints 15

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 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 · Elephant and Castle Major Town Centre · Site allocation NSP85: Chatelaine House, Walworth 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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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 ↗
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.
Conservation area 18 m away: Walworth Road
The edge of the area; work outside it can still affect its setting.
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 ↗
Opportunity area
Where the London Plan expects significant growth.
Boundaries are indicative and the borough holds the detailed plan.
National infrastructure project 1038 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel
The site is 1038 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, 856 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
6 listed buildings within 150 m; Heritage at risk 18 m away: Walworth Road, Walworth; 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 22 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
S.73 Vary/Remove Conds/Minor Alterations
Postcode
SE17 1RW
Received
5 Sept 2025
Validated
8 Sept 2025
Ward
North Walworth
Parish
Borough, Bankside And Walworth
Target decision
4 Feb 2026
Decision
Major - GRANTED
Decision date
10 Dec 2025
Decision level
Source Team
Appeal
Allowed · 7 Mar 2024 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 3331576 ↗
Applicant
Show
Agent
Bella Moorhouse

Public comments

1comment received
1 neutral

516 neighbours consulted · Last counted 12 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
8 Dec 2025
Env. assessment
No
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