Royal Festival Hall South Bank London Lambeth SE1 8XX

24/02726/DETApproval of DetailsApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 16 October 2024

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Approval of details pursuant to condition 4 (Materials) of planning permission 24/00949/LB (Refurbishment of the Level 1a heritage WCs, storeroom conversion at level 2, refurbishment of the bar and installation of a new central set of doors onto the riverside terrace on level 5, installation of a platform lift, an enlarged west bar and conversion of east bar into a kitchen on level 6 of the Royal Festival Hall) granted on 20.05.2024.

Received: 30 August 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: London Borough of Lambeth
Ward: Waterloo & South Bank
Agent: The Planning Lab

ReceivedReceived30 Aug
ValidatedValidated30 Aug
Consult.Consultation27 Sep
TargetTarget Date25 Oct
DecidedDecided16 Oct

Decided in 47 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Royal Festival Hall South Bank London Lambeth SE1 8XX. Lambeth has handled 658 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days, 9 days quicker than Lambeth's typical decision time. The site is in the South Bank conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 8 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 114 applications across Waterloo & South Bank. We hold 2,756 applications in total for the SE1 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: SE1 8XX
Application type: Approval of Details
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 30 August 2024
Consultation expiry: 27 September 2024
Consultation end: 27 September 2024
Target decision date: 25 October 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent: The Planning Lab
Agent address: Somerset House South Wing London WC2R 1LA

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 11
Constraints: 20

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: South Bank
Listed building: Grade I: Royal Festival HallOn or next to this site

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Lambeth

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