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James Clerk Maxwell Building 57 Waterloo Road London Lambeth SE1 8WA

24/03436/FULAwaiting decision
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Removal of the cabin to the rear of the building; the provision of plant platform with external plant at 1st floor level; the installation of an external escape stair to the rear lightwell from ground floor to 2nd floor level; the formation of bin store and enclosures to services in rear courtyard; the replacement of roller shutter to North elevation with metal doors; plant room extension and replacement of louvres at the basement level; the removal of doors/glazed screen and installation of thermally insulated glazed metal doors and side screens at ground, 1st, 6th, 7th and 8th floor levels to the rear elevation; the installation of acoustic screening to new external plant with metal guarding at roof level, plus additional metal guarding and access steps, together with other associated works.

Submitted
4 November 2024
  1. Received4 Nov
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a planning application for an extension at James Clerk Maxwell Building 57 Waterloo Road London Lambeth SE1 8WA. Lambeth has handled 15,956 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 4 November 2024 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Waterloo conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 2,759 applications in total for the SE1 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
SE1 8WA

Site constraints

Checking the site
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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Waterloo
  • Article 4 direction: Modified Direction 1 - CAZ
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Lambeth

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