County Hall Riverside Building Westminster Bridge Road London SE1 7PB

26/00369/LDCPCertificate of Lawful Use proposedApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 18 February 2026

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Proposal

Application for a Certificate of Lawful Development (Proposed) with respect to use of part of the fifth floor of County Hall building as sleeping accommodation for employees and artists of County Halls Arts (only).

Received: 4 February 2026
Council: London Borough of Lambeth
Ward: Waterloo & South Bank
Agent: Rolfe Judd Planning

ReceivedReceived4 Feb
ValidatedValidated4 Feb
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date1 Apr
DecidedDecided18 Feb

Decided in 14 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at County Hall Riverside Building Westminster Bridge Road London SE1 7PB. Lambeth has handled 400 applications of this type. This one was decided in 14 days, 6 weeks quicker 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 114 applications across Waterloo & South Bank. We hold 2,756 applications in total for the SE1 postcode area.

81% of outline 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 7PB
Application type: Certificate of Lawful Use proposed
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 4 February 2026
Target decision date: 1 April 2026

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 6
Constraints: 15

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: Balustrade With 5 Lamp Standards Immediately North of Main Block of the County HallOn this site · +5 more
Article 4 direction: Modified Direction 1 - CAZPart of the site

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage 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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Planning history at this site

11 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Lambeth

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