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Cantium Retail Park, 520 Old Kent Road, London, Southwark, SE1 5BA

24/AP/3676Full planning permissionApproved
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Approved on 9 October 2025

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Proposal

Proposal for the installation of one substation, one feeder pillar, two lampposts and CCTV within the car park of Cantium Retail Park.

Submitted
3 January 2025
  1. Received3 Jan
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided9 Oct

Decided in 279 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application at Cantium Retail Park 520 Old Kent Road London Southwark SE1 5BA. Southwark has handled 283 applications of this type. This one was decided in 279 days, 33 weeks longer than Southwark's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 29 applications across OLKE. We hold 2,756 applications in total for the SE1 postcode area.

92% of full planning permission 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 5BA
Application type
Full planning permission

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)
  • Article 4 direction: Old Kent Road South District Town Centre+1 more
  • Brownfield land register: Land at Cantium Retail Park, 520 Old Kent Road, London SE1 5BARegister site at or near this address · +4 more
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

20 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    29 Oct

    Details of Condition 15 'Arboricultural protection measures' required by planning permission ref. 24/AP/1914

    PendingAll Other26/AP/3209
  2. 2026
    29 Oct

    Details of Condition 14 'Lighting Plan' required by planning permission ref. 24/AP/1914

    PendingAll Other26/AP/3208
  3. 2026
    3 Sep

    Dispay of Internally illuminated totem sign

    ApprovedApplication26/AP/2549
  4. 2026
    3 Sep

    New signage to the new build burger king unit on the retail park.

    PendingApplication26/AP/2608
  5. 2026
    6 Feb

    Details of Condition 3 'Archaeological Evaluation and Site Investigation Works' as required by planning…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/AP/0370
  6. 2026
    21 Jan

    Partial discharge of condition 11a 'details of the proposed painted mural on the north elevation' required by…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/AP/0157

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