131 Waterloo Road SE1 8UR And The Old Vic 103 The Cut London SE1 8NB

24/04014/DETApproval of DetailsApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 3 March 2025

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Approval of details pursuant to condition 18 (lighting scheme) of planning permission 22/00811/FUL (Demolition of existing building at 131 Waterloo Road and erection of a 5 storey building plus basement connecting to the existing back of house areas at The Old Vic. Refurbishment of Rehearsal Room and various back of house areas at The Old Vic to create a step-free access to the stage door and to improve dressing rooms, staff offices and WC facilities. Blocking up side windows to the Wellington House. External lighting along The Old Vic façade at Waterloo Road) granted on 30.09.2022.

Received: 23 December 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 1
Council: London Borough of Lambeth
Ward: Waterloo & South Bank

ReceivedReceived23 Dec
ValidatedValidated23 Dec
Consult.Consultation27 Jan
TargetTarget Date17 Feb
DecidedDecided3 Mar

Decided in 70 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at 131 Waterloo Road SE1 8UR And The Old Vic 103 The Cut London SE1 8NB. 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 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 12 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 8UR
Application type: Approval of Details
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 23 December 2024
Consultation expiry: 27 January 2025
Consultation end: 27 January 2025
Target decision date: 17 February 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent: Haworth Tompkins
Architect profile: HAWORTH TOMPKINS LIMITED
Agent address: 33 GREENWOOD PLACE 5TH FLOOR LONDON NW5 1LB

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 7
Constraints: 11

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)
Listed building: Grade II*: Old Vic TheatreOn this site
Article 4 direction: Modified Direction 1 - CAZ

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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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4 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Lambeth

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