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53 Southwark Street London Southwark SE1 1RU

24/AP/1542Approval of DetailsApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 19 July 2024

Council decision: AOD - GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Details of Condition 5 (Drawings) pursuant to planning permission ref: 23/AP/2349 granted on 29/02/2024 for: (Improvements to the listed building to bring it up to standard for continued use as Offices and Businesses includes the following: -Replacement of existing internal stairs with new and adjustments to the stair core on the fourth floor. -Replacement of lift with new to extend to the fourth floor. -Replacement of the doors to the rear elevation and removal of existing modern window and wall section on first floor for new door to fire escape stair.-First floor glass roof to be removed and replaced with a solid roof.-Changes to the approved rear fire escape stair and landings including extension to the First floor.-Replacement of pavement lights.-First-floor terrace plant enclosure extended to accommodate new plant.-Adjustments to terraces on the first floor and roof.-Replacement of the roof access dormer, new skylights and warm roof build-up with like for like finish. Making good of the existing external lighting and addition of external lighting to entrance, fire escape and terraces.)

Received
24 May 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Borough & Bankside
Agent
Lees Associates
  1. Received24 May
  2. Validated27 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target21 Jul
  5. Decided19 Jul

Decided in 53 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at 53 Southwark Street London Southwark SE1 1RU. Southwark has handled 1,341 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Southwark's typical decision time. The site is in the Thrale Street conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 185 applications across Borough & Bankside. We hold 2,756 applications in total for the SE1 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
SE1 1RU
Application type
Approval of Details
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Borough, Bankside And Walworth

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 May 2024
Target decision date
21 July 2024
Permission expires
19 July 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Lees Associates
Agent address
38 Southwark Street London SE1 1UN United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
7

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
  • Conservation area: Thrale Street
  • Listed building: Grade II: 51 and 53, Southwark StreetOn this site · +1 more
  • Article 4 direction: Bankside and Borough District Town Centre+2 more
  • Brownfield land register: 50-52,Union Street,,SE1 1JXRegister site at or near this address
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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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