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The Albion 20 Albion Street London Southwark SE16 7JQ

23/AP/3543Approval of DetailsRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 5 February 2024

Council decision: Approval of Details - REFUSEDDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Details of Condition 3 'Sample Materials' pursuant to planning permission ref. 23/AP/0719: 'Variation of condition 1 'Approved Drawings' for planning permission reference number 21/AP/3568: Variation of a Condition 1 Approved drawings for planning permission reference number: 19/AP/1116 dated 18/10/2019 for demolition of existing public house (Use Class A4) and construction of new, four storey plus basement mixed-used building comprising basement and ground floor drinking establishment (Use Class A4) with 8 residential units (x4 studio flats, x3 one bedroom flats and x1 two bedroom flat) (Use Class C3) on first, second and third floor levels with balcony amenity spaces and associated cycle and refuse storage.Condition 1 to be varied to reference the amended plans to include:- To increase the height of the building by 1.27m to increase the internal floor to ceiling heights of each unit from 2.4m to 2.5m.- Addition of louvres to add ventilation ot the commercial unit- Reduction of the commerical floorspace from 120sqm to 113sqm to allow for wall construction and plant equipment. - Increase in the basement floor height from 2.4m to 2.5m, reduction of the basement floor area from 148sqm to 124sqm. - The cast stone cladding is to be replaced with white brickwork - The cast stone sills and coping will be replaced with PPC aluminium coping and sills in a colour to match the glazing- Amendment to location and size of the AOV and roof access; - Provision of 2no. condenser units at roof level; - Reduction in size of amenity areas to flats 3, 6 and 8 by 1 sqm - Reduction in size of amenity area to flat 7 by 0.5 sqm.Condition 9 to be confirmed to reflect the findings in the Noise Report.'

Received
21 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rotherhithe
Agent
MDLR Architects
  1. Received21 Dec
  2. Validated22 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target15 Feb
  5. Decided5 Feb

Decided in 45 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at The Albion 20 Albion Street London Southwark SE16 7JQ. Southwark has handled 1,341 applications of this type. This one was decided in 46 days, 3 days quicker than Southwark's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 64 applications across Rotherhithe. 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 7JQ
Application type
Approval of Details
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bermondsey And Rotherhithe

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 December 2023
Target decision date
15 February 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
MDLR Architects
Architect profile
MDLR ARCHITECTS LTD
Agent address
MDLR Architects 5A Iliffe Yard London SE17 3QA

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Article 4 direction: Albion Public House+1 more
  • Brownfield land register: The Albion,Albion Street,,SE16 7JQRegister site at or near this address · +2 more
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2023
    21 Dec

    Details of Condition 3 'Sample Materials' pursuant to planning permission ref. 23/AP/0719

    This applicationRefusedVariation of conditions (s73)23/AP/3543
  2. 2023
    21 Dec

    Details of Condition 4 (a) 'Sound Insulation Detials' pursuant to planning permission ref. 23/AP/0719

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)Filed alongside23/AP/3544

Source: Southwark

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