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Minerva House 5 Montague Close London Southwark

24/AP/2263Variation: Non-Material ChangesApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 12 September 2024

Council decision: Agreed - for App Types VLA & VNMCDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Non-material amendment pursuant to 21/AP/4194 [Redevelopment of existing building including partial demolition and two storey upward extension to create eight-storey Class E building with installation of roof terraces, associated highway and landscaping works, cycle parking, refuse storage including plant facilities at roof level] changes include: Internal reconfigurations of central, eastern and southern cores; Amendments to access door locations on roof terraces; Amendment to sizing of picture window to north elevation following design development; Removal of internal feature bridge link to allow for unobstructed views from the lobby to the river; Amendments to layouts of lobby, platform lift and stairs at level 08; Introduction of new metal spandrel panels across the elevations following detailed design development; Minor amendment to façade line at 5th floor to align with windows below; Introduction of new door to east core entrance; Minor amendments to glazed platform lift; Minor amendments to terrace doors to introduce a small glass spandrel; Omission of balustrade at level 08 due to façade coming up to correct barrier height; Reconfiguration of louvre panels to western elevation following technical engineering coordination; Reconfiguration of cycle parking arrangement (quantum to remain same) AND rewording of Condition 22 (Plant Noise) trigger from Prior to commencement to Prior to installation of plant.

Received
2 August 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Borough & Bankside
Agent
DP9 Limited
  1. Received2 Aug
  2. Validated5 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target1 Sep
  5. Decided12 Sep

Decided in 38 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Minerva House 5 Montague Close London Southwark. Southwark has handled 1,341 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 8 days quicker than Southwark's typical decision time. The site is in the Borough High Street conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 182 applications across Borough & Bankside.

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

Application type
Variation: Non-Material Changes
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Borough, Bankside And Walworth

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 August 2024
Target decision date
1 September 2024
Permission expires
12 September 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
DP9 Limited
Agent address
100 Pall Mall London SW1Y 5NQ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
27 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
52

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

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, 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

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© 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.

Planning history at this site

16 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    15 Jan

    Details of condition 23 part a) 'BREEAM Report and Post Construction Review' as required by planning…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/AP/0117
  2. 2025
    17 Sep

    Deed of variation to amend Schedule 7 (Affordable Workspace) of the section 106 agreement attached to…

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)25/AP/2689
  3. 2025
    22 Aug

    Details of condition 45 'Long term maintenance and monitoring plan' required by planning permission ref no…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/AP/2453
  4. 2025
    22 Aug

    Details of condition 44 'Concrete flood defence' required by planning permission ref no. 21/AP/4194

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/AP/2437
  5. 2025
    10 Jan

    Details of Condition 45 (Long-term monitoring and maintenance plan) pursuant to 21/AP/4194

    RefusedDischarge of conditions25/AP/0060
  6. 2025
    10 Jan

    Details of Condition 44 (Concrete Flood Defence Structures) pursuant to 21/AP/4194

    RefusedDischarge of conditions25/AP/0059

Source: Southwark

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