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Nunhead Cemetery Linden Grove London Southwark SE15

23/AP/2875Minor applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 14 March 2024

Council decision: Minor - GRANTEDPlanning committee

Proposal

Demolition of existing Friends of Nunhead Cemetery cabin and construction of a new single storey replacement cabin.

Received
13 October 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
4
Ward
Nunhead & Queens Road
Agent
Roger Mears Architects
  1. Received13 Oct
  2. Validated24 Oct
  3. Consult.29 Jan
  4. Target18 Dec
  5. Decided14 Mar

Decided in 142 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Nunhead Cemetery Linden Grove London Southwark SE15. Southwark has handled 1,045 applications of this type. This one was decided in 153 days, 15 weeks longer than Southwark's typical decision time. The site is in the Nunhead Cemetery conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 54 applications across Nunhead & Queens Road.

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

Application type
Minor application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Peckham And Nunhead

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 October 2023
Last date for comments
29 January 2024
Target decision date
18 December 2023
Committee meeting
13 March 2024
Permission expires
14 March 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Roger Mears Architects
Agent address
Union Chapel Compton Avenue London N1 2XD

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
33

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered battlefields, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2024
    11 Dec

    Details of Condition 3 -CEMP as required 23/AP/2875

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions24/AP/3652
  2. 2023
    13 Oct

    Demolition of existing Friends of Nunhead Cemetery cabin and construction of a new single storey replacement…

    This applicationApprovedFull23/AP/2875

Source: Southwark

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