Petrol Filling Station 233-247 Old Kent Road London Southwark SE1 5LU
Approved on 17 January 2025
Council decision: AOD - GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Details of condition 10 (Biodiverse roof) pursuant to planning permission 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
- 2 December 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Southwark
- Ward
- South Bermondsey
- ReceivedReceived2 Dec
- ValidatedValidated3 Dec
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date27 Jan
- DecidedDecided17 Jan
Decided in 45 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 46 days, 3 days quicker 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
- 3 December 2024
- Target decision date
- 27 January 2025
- Permission expires
- 17 January 2030
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- rpa:vision
- Agent address
- 51-53 Church Road Ashford TW15 2TY
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Site constraints
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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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Southwark
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