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59 Denmark Hill London Southwark SE5 8RS

23/AP/2263Certificate of Lawful Dev. - ProposedApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 10 October 2023

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness (proposed): The purpose of this application is to certify that the commercial premises (in A1 use) at the ground and basement floors of 59 Denmark Hill falls (the Site) under Class E (Commercial, business and service) of the Town and County Planning (Use Classes) (Amended) (England) Regulations 2020 and that planning permission is not required to use, or part use, the premises for any purpose under Class E.

Received
11 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Giles
Agent
Cadoo Limited
  1. Received11 Aug
  2. Validated14 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target8 Oct
  5. Decided10 Oct

Decided in 57 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at 59 Denmark Hill London Southwark SE5 8RS. Southwark has handled 202 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 11 days longer than Southwark's typical decision time. The site is in the Camberwell Green conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 97 applications across St Giles. We hold 1,312 applications in total for the SE5 postcode area.

94% of outline 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 8RS
Application type
Certificate of Lawful Dev. - Proposed
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Camberwell

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 August 2023
Target decision date
8 October 2023
Permission expires
10 October 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Cadoo Limited
Architect profile
CADOO LIMITED
Agent address
Cadoo Studios Unit 5 3-4 Wells Terrace Finsbury Park N4 3JU

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Camberwell GreenPart of the site
  • Article 4 direction: Camberwell District Town Centre+1 more
  • Brownfield land register: 59a Denmark Hill,Denmark Hill,,SE5 8RSRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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© 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.

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Source: Southwark

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