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The Flying Dutchman 156 Wells Way London Southwark SE5 7SY

24/AP/3454Change of UseAwaiting decision
Discharge / amendments
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use from Public House (Sui Generis) to 2 x residential units (Use Class C3) with private amenity, cycle parking and refuse storage.

Received
22 November 2024
Decision due
19 January 2025
Public comments
35
Ward
St Giles
Agent
Poroban Limited
  1. Received22 Nov
  2. Validated25 Nov
  3. Consult.23 Dec
  4. Target19 Jan
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 23 December.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (34)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at The Flying Dutchman 156 Wells Way London Southwark SE5 7SY. Southwark has handled 146 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 22 November 2024 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 97 applications across St Giles. We hold 1,312 applications in total for the SE5 postcode area.

88% of amendment 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
SE5 7SY
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 November 2024
Last date for comments
23 December 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Poroban Limited
Architect profile
POROBAN LIMITED
Agent address
43 Madron Street London SE17 2LE

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
34

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Brownfield land register: 117 Southampton Way SE5 7EWRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Source: Southwark

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