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Railway Arch 85 Scoresby Street London Southwark SE1 0XN

24/AP/0903Certificate of Lawful Dev. - ProposedRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 24 May 2024

Council decision: Certificate of Lawfulness PROP- REFUSEDDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Certificate of Lawful development (proposed) for the conversion of the railway arch into immersive virtual reality experience.

Received
1 April 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Borough & Bankside
Agent
Norton Taylor Nunn Ltd
  1. Received1 Apr
  2. Validated2 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target27 May
  5. Decided24 May

Decided in 52 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at Railway Arch 85 Scoresby Street London Southwark SE1 0XN. Southwark has handled 202 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 4 days longer than Southwark's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 182 applications across Borough & Bankside. We hold 2,756 applications in total for the SE1 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
SE1 0XN
Application type
Certificate of Lawful Dev. - Proposed
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Borough, Bankside And Walworth

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 April 2024
Target decision date
27 May 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Norton Taylor Nunn Ltd
Architect profile
NORTON TAYLOR NUNN LTD
Agent address
Unit 14B Deben Mill Business Centre Old Maltings Approach Melton Woodbridge IP12 1BL

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Article 4 direction: Bankside and Borough District Town Centre+2 more
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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, 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.

Source: Southwark

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