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Elephant Central Podium Gardens, 130 Elephant Road London Southwark SE17 1EX

23/AP/3571Minor applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 19 February 2024

Council decision: Minor - GRANTEDDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Re-provision of existing residents amenity space at podium level, including children's playspace, hard and soft landscaping; new seating and furniture; lighting; the erection ofpergola and all other associated works.

Received
22 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
North Walworth
Agent
DP9 Limited
  1. Received22 Dec
  2. Validated27 Dec
  3. Consult.5 Feb
  4. Target20 Feb
  5. Decided19 Feb

Decided in 54 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Elephant Central Podium Gardens, 130 Elephant Road London Southwark SE17 1EX. Southwark has handled 1,045 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 10 days longer than Southwark's typical decision time. 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 1EX
Application type
Minor application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Borough, Bankside And Walworth

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 December 2023
Last date for comments
5 February 2024
Target decision date
20 February 2024
Permission expires
19 February 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
DP9 Limited
Agent address
100 Pall Mall London SW1Y 5NQ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
34

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)Part of the site
  • Article 4 direction: Central Activities Zone+1 more
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 735Covers the site
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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