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Chocolate Factory 53 Southwark Street London Southwark SE1 1RU

24/AP/3466Listed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 20 January 2025

Council decision: Listed Building Consent - GRANTEDDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

To integrate a new meeting room enclosure on the fourth floor, and install an additional FCU unit within the enclosure and an additional WiFi datapoint.

Received
25 November 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Borough & Bankside
Agent
LA London Architects
  1. Received25 Nov
  2. Validated25 Nov
  3. Consult.2 Jan
  4. Target19 Jan
  5. Decided20 Jan

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Chocolate Factory 53 Southwark Street London Southwark SE1 1RU. Southwark has handled 158 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 Thrale Street conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 185 applications across Borough & Bankside. We hold 2,756 applications in total for the SE1 postcode area.

92% of heritage 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 1RU
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Borough, Bankside And Walworth

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 November 2024
Last date for comments
2 January 2025
Target decision date
19 January 2025
Permission expires
20 January 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
LA London Architects
Agent address
38 Southwark Street London SE11UN United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
27

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)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Thrale Street
  • Listed building: Grade II: 51 and 53, Southwark StreetOn this site · +1 more
  • Article 4 direction: Bankside and Borough District Town Centre+2 more
  • Brownfield land register: 50-52,Union Street,,SE1 1JXRegister site at or near this address
Also checked, none recorded (20)

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 and heritage coasts.

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    5 Feb

    Details of Condition 5 - Detailed drawings of mounting points as required 24/AP/3466

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/AP/0311
  2. 2024
    25 Nov

    To integrate a new meeting room enclosure on the fourth floor, and install an additional FCU unit within the…

    This applicationApprovedHeritage24/AP/3466

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