Cherry Garden School Macks Road London Southwark SE16 3XU
Approved on 4 July 2023
Council decision: Agreed - for App Types VLA & VNMCDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Non-material amendment of planning permission 20/AP/1383 dated 16/04/2021 'Redevelopment of the Former Cherry Garden School to provide 56 dwellings together with car and cycle parking, hard and soft landscaping and other associated works' for the following changes:Blank panels replaced with dark recessed bricks inline with Fire Safety requirementsCore A mailboxes relocated inside a secure entrance lobby Double doors have been updated so that the leading leaf is wider to allow 850mm clear opening to comply with building regulations Communal entrance canopies have been updated with an extra vertical side down to the groundLow height wall below railings omitted - full height railings proposedL05 privacy screen added
- Received
- 26 May 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Southwark
- Ward
- South Bermondsey
- Agent
- ACA Studios Ltd
- ReceivedReceived26 May
- ValidatedValidated30 May
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date26 Jun
- DecidedDecided4 Jul
Decided in 35 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Cherry Garden School Macks Road London Southwark SE16 3XU. Southwark has handled 1,341 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 10 days quicker than Southwark's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 63 applications across South Bermondsey. We hold 651 applications in total for the SE16 postcode area.
97% of conditions 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
- SE16 3XU
- Application type
- Variation: Non-Material Changes
- Scale / size
- Large
- Number of dwellings
- 56
- Parish
- Bermondsey And Rotherhithe
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 30 May 2023
- Target decision date
- 26 June 2023
- Permission expires
- 4 July 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- ACA Studios Ltd
- Architect profile
- ACA STUDIOS LIMITED
- Agent address
- 88 Union Street London SE1 0NW
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 27 days
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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