123 Grove Park London Southwark SE5 8LD

23/AP/1164Certificate of Lawful Dev. - ExistingApproved

Lawful development certificate

Approved on 7 July 2023

Council decision: Certificate of Lawfulness Exist- GRANTEDDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness (existing) to verify implementation of works pursuant to 17/AP/4124 [Change of use from Class D1 with an ancillary Class B1 office function to Class C3 for residential use, including conversion and part demolition of existing main house to enable the creation of x5 new residential units and the construction of x4 new residential units in the rear garden with x9 off street parking spaces, associated communal and private landscaped areas].

Received: 25 April 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: London Borough of Southwark
Ward: Champion Hill
Agent: Craftworks Architects Ltd.

ReceivedReceived25 Apr
ValidatedValidated22 May
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date16 Jul
DecidedDecided7 Jul

Decided in 46 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 123 Grove Park London Southwark SE5 8LD. Southwark has handled 146 applications of this type. This one was decided in 73 days, 3 weeks longer than Southwark's typical decision time. The site is in the Camberwell Grove conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 9 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 59 applications across Champion Hill. We hold 1,312 applications in total for the SE5 postcode area.

88% of amendment applications at London Borough of Southwark were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: SE5 8LD
Application type: Certificate of Lawful Dev. - Existing
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 22 May 2023
Target decision date: 16 July 2023
Permission expires: 7 July 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent: Craftworks Architects Ltd.
Architect profile: CRAFTWORKS ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address: Unit 55.11, Woolyard 52 Bermondsey Street London SE1 3UD

Planning decision

Statutory period: 55 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 65

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Camberwell Grove
Listed building: Grade II: Numbers 124 and 125 Including Balustraded Wall, Gates and RailingsOn or next to this site
Article 4 direction: Site allocation NSP34: 123 Grove Park
Tree Preservation Order: Ref 503Covers the site · +3 more
Brownfield land register: 123,Grove Park,,SE5 8LDRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (19)

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 and heritage coasts.

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Associated applications

2023
26 Apr
Non material amendment of planning permission ref. no. 17/AP/4124
ApprovedNon-material amendmentFiled alongside23/AP/1181
2023
25 Apr
Certificate of Lawfulness (existing) to verify implementation of works pursuant to 17/AP/4124
This applicationApprovedAmendment23/AP/1164

Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Southwark

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