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Avington Court Old Kent Road London Southwark SE1 5NF

24/AP/1565Minor applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 21 March 2025

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Subdivision of two existing self-contained flats (use class C3) at fourth floor level to provide four self-contained flats (use class C3) with enabling works (insertion of door) and associated bike and refuse provision.

Received
27 May 2024
Ward
South Bermondsey
Agent
EA Town Planning LTD
  1. Received27 May
  2. Validated30 Jul
  3. Consult.11 Sep
  4. Target23 Sep
  5. Decided21 Mar

Decided in 234 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Avington Court Old Kent Road London Southwark SE1 5NF. Southwark has handled 1,045 applications of this type. This one was decided in 298 days, 36 weeks longer than Southwark's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 63 applications across South Bermondsey. We hold 2,758 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 5NF
Application type
Minor application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bermondsey And Rotherhithe

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 July 2024
Last date for comments
11 September 2024
Target decision date
23 September 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
EA Town Planning LTD
Agent address
16 Francklyn Gardens Edgware HA8 8RY

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
21

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)
  • Conservation area: Thomas A'Becket and High Street
  • Article 4 direction: Old Kent Road North District Town Centre+1 more
  • Brownfield land register: Avington Court, 177-195,Old Kent Road,,SE1 5NFRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
Also checked, none recorded (21)

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 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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Source: Southwark

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