216 Tower Bridge Road London Southwark SE1 2UP
Approved on 19 July 2024
Council decision: Minor - GRANTEDDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Demolition of shopfront and installation of replacement shopfront
- Received
- 24 May 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Southwark
- Ward
- North Bermondsey
- Agent
- VLH Associates
- ReceivedReceived24 May
- ValidatedValidated28 May
- Consult.Consultation27 Jun
- TargetTarget Date22 Jul
- DecidedDecided19 Jul
Decided in 52 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at 216 Tower Bridge Road London Southwark SE1 2UP. Southwark has handled 1,045 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 Tower Bridge conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 59 applications across North Bermondsey. We hold 2,756 applications in total for the SE1 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
- SE1 2UP
- Application type
- Minor application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Bermondsey And Rotherhithe
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 May 2024
- Last date for comments
- 27 June 2024
- Target decision date
- 22 July 2024
- Permission expires
- 19 July 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- VLH Associates
- Agent address
- 93 Whitstable Road Canterbury CT2 8EE
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Tower Bridge
- Article 4 direction: Central Activities Zone+3 more
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage 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.
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Source: Southwark
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