Oval House Kennington Oval London Lambeth SE11 5SW

23/00022/DETApproval of DetailsApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 16 March 2023

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Approval of details pursuant to condition 49 (Plant Equipment) of planning permission 18/04183/FUL (Application for Full Planning Permission and Listed Building Consent for the demolition of the existing Oval House Theatre and the construction of a part five part six storey hotel building (Use Class C1), comprising 95 bedrooms, ancillary bar and restaurant and associated landscaping, servicing, on-site parking and new boundary treatment; and refurbishment of the Grade II listed White House building consisting of the replacement of a modern single storey rear extension, the removal of modern internal partitions, change of use of lower floors of the White House from ancillary theatre office (sui generis) to office (Use Class B1a) and the change of use of the second floor from office (Use Class B1a) to temporary residential accommodation (Sui Generis)) granted on 21.06.2019.

Received: 5 January 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: London Borough of Lambeth
Ward: Oval
Agent: Rolfe Judd Planning

ReceivedReceived5 Jan
ValidatedValidated5 Jan
Consult.Consultation1 Feb
TargetTarget Date2 Mar
DecidedDecided16 Mar

Decided in 70 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Oval House Kennington Oval London Lambeth SE11 5SW. Lambeth has handled 658 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer than Lambeth's typical decision time. The site is in 9 listed buildings nearby. There have been 12 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 78 applications across Oval. We hold 1,220 applications in total for the SE11 postcode area.

87% of conditions applications at London Borough of Lambeth were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: SE11 5SW
Application type: Approval of Details
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 5 January 2023
Consultation expiry: 1 February 2023
Consultation end: 1 February 2023
Target decision date: 2 March 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent: Rolfe Judd Planning
Architect profile: ROLFE JUDD PLANNING LIMITED
Agent address: Old Church Court Claylands Road Oval London SW8 1NZ

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 37
Constraints: 9

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Conservation area: St MarksPart of the site
Listed building: Grade II: 38, Hanover Gardens Se11On or next to this site · +1 more
Article 4 direction: St Marks/Hanover GardensNext to the site
Tree Preservation Order: Ref 73Protected tree on or next to this site

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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Planning history at this site

13 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Lambeth

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