157-169 Walworth Road London Southwark SE17 1RY
Approved on 8 November 2023
Council decision: Minor - GRANTEDDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Installation of one external air conditioning unit and a retrospective application for three existing air conditioning units situated on the first-floor roof facing Walworth Road
- Received
- 14 July 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Southwark
- Ward
- North Walworth
- ReceivedReceived14 Jul
- ValidatedValidated2 Aug
- Consult.Consultation8 Sep
- TargetTarget Date26 Sep
- DecidedDecided8 Nov
Decided in 98 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application at 157-169 Walworth Road London Southwark SE17 1RY. Southwark has handled 1,045 applications of this type. This one was decided in 117 days, 10 weeks longer than Southwark's typical decision time. The site is in the Walworth Road conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 94 applications across North Walworth. We hold 400 applications in total for the SE17 postcode area.
93% of full 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
- SE17 1RY
- Application type
- Minor application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Borough, Bankside And Walworth
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 August 2023
- Last date for comments
- 8 September 2023
- Target decision date
- 26 September 2023
- Permission expires
- 8 November 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- WSP
- Agent address
- WSP House 70 Chancery Lane London WC2A 1AF
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Walworth Road+1 more
- Article 4 direction: Central Activities Zone+1 more
- Brownfield land register: 171-173,Walworth Road,,SE17 1RWRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
Also checked, none recorded (19)
flood storage areas, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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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Source: Southwark
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