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Petrol Filling Station 233 - 247 Old Kent Road London Southwark SE1 5LU

24/AP/2029Approval of DetailsRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 5 November 2024

Council decision: Approval of Details - REFUSEDDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Discharge of Condition 4C (Land Contamination) pursuant to 20/AP/2792 [Variation of Condition 1 (Approved Plans) pursuant to 18/AP/0928 [Demolition of existing buildings and structures and erection of a new part 3, 4 and 5 storey building to provide three retail units (flexible A1/A2 use) at part ground floor and 24 residential units (C3 use) at part ground floor and on the upper floors, including the provision of secure cycle parking facilities, bin stores and communal amenity space (revised application). (11 x 2 bed private units & 6 x 1 bed, 2 x 7 bed affordable units)] changes include: - Creation of Sprinkler Plant room (10sqm) through reduction of commercial floor space at ground floor level from 70.6sqm to 59.1sqm- Installation of x 1 door to rear elevation providing access to bike storage at ground floor - Installation of x 2 doors to front elevation of electrical room at ground floor - Removal of third floor private roof terrace of Flat 18- Installation of third floor recessed enclosed glazed balcony to Flat 18 and Flat 19 along front elevations- Increase in height of lift overrun at roof level by 0.5m- Replacement of PV panels at roof level with mastic asphalt roofing and;- Associated works including internal reconfigurations of 23 Flats (increased GIA in 19 units, reduced GIA in 4 units)].

Received
10 July 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
South Bermondsey
  1. Received10 Jul
  2. Validated11 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target4 Sep
  5. Decided5 Nov

Decided in 117 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at Petrol Filling Station 233 - 247 Old Kent Road London Southwark SE1 5LU. Southwark has handled 1,341 applications of this type. This one was decided in 118 days, 10 weeks longer than Southwark's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 63 applications across South Bermondsey. 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 5LU
Application type
Approval of Details
Scale / size
Medium
Number of dwellings
24
Parish
Bermondsey And Rotherhithe

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 July 2024
Target decision date
4 September 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
rpa:vision
Agent address
51-53 Church Road Ashford TW15 2TY United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
6

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 StreetPart of the site
  • Article 4 direction: Old Kent Road North District Town Centre+2 more
  • Brownfield land register: 233-247 Old Kent Road London Southwark SE1 5LURegister site at or near this address · +3 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.

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