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South Bank, SE1 8XX

25/00658/FULFull planning permissionApproved
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Approved on 29 April 2025

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Proposal

Temporary pop-up bar for 12 months, located on the land in front of Queen Elizabeth Hall and Purcell Room, with ancillary storage in a section of the existing plant/storage room at The Queen Elizabeth Hall.

Submitted
28 February 2025
  1. Received28 Feb
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 Apr

Decided in 60 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at South Bank, SE1 8XX. Lambeth has handled 719 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 4 days longer than Lambeth's typical decision time. The site is in the South Bank conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across WATERL. We hold 2,756 applications in total for the SE1 postcode area.

80% of full planning permission 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
Full planning permission

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 II: Bust of Nelson Mandela, Royal Festival Hall, LondonOn this site · +5 more
  • Article 4 direction: Modified Direction 1 - CAZPart of the site
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 170Part of the site · +1 more
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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    12 Oct

    Retention of existing advertisements and artwork associated with the temporary Wahaca restaurant and food…

    PendingAdvertisement consent26/02971/ADV
  2. 2026
    12 Oct

    Retention of existing temporary Wahaca restaurant and food truck including associated seating area, container…

    PendingAdvertisement consent26/02970/FUL
  3. 2026
    23 Mar

    Temporary pop up bar and food outlet until 10 January 2027 at land in front of Queen Elizabeth Hall and…

    ApprovedListed building consent26/00826/FUL
  4. 2026
    23 Mar

    Temporary pop up bar and food outlet for a further 12 months at land in front of Queen Elizabeth Hall and…

    WithdrawnListed building consent26/01061/LB
  5. 2026
    13 Mar

    Display of printed artwork on 3mm deep aluminium composite hoardings of a range of sizes, in connection with…

    ApprovedAdvertisement consent26/00828/ADV
  6. 2025
    29 Sep

    Temporary display of internally illuminated fascia sign to grill door and wayfinding vinyl signage to floor…

    ApprovedAdvertisement consent25/03045/ADV

Source: Lambeth

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