64 Abbotswood Road London Southwark SE22 8DL Data via plota.co.uk

26/AP/2523 - Certificate of Lawful Dev. - Proposed Under consideration/assessment

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) for installation of four solar photovoltaic panels to the front pitched roof slope and five solar photovoltaic panels to the flat roof of the existing rear dormer. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
24 Aug 2026
Validated
25 Aug 2026
Decision
Expected by 19 Oct 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 13 Oct 2026, from Southwark's recent lawful development certificates.

Site constraints 5

Tree preservation order: Buxted Road, Burrow Road, Abbotswood Road, Shaw Road, Talbot Road, East Dulwich
Consent is needed before work on protected trees.
Not every council has published its orders as open data, so no order shown is not proof there is none.
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 ↗
Also on the record
Inside the Southwark built-up area; Metropolitan Open Land 69 m away; Designated open space 43 m away.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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
Certificate of Lawful Dev. - Proposed
Postcode
SE22 8DL
Received
24 Aug 2026
Validated
25 Aug 2026
Ward
Champion Hill
Case officer
Show
Target decision
19 Oct 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
allPlanning Limited

Decision outlook

Day 20 of the 56-day target. Southwark usually decides lawful development certificates by day 49.

Day 2036 days to the 56-day target
86%decided within 8 weeks
95%approved
109decided in the last year

Plota live figures for lawful development certificates decided by Southwark in the last twelve months, from validation. Southwark decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 10 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
19 Oct 2026
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