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New City Court, 4-26 St Thomas Street, London, Southwark, SE1 9RS

25/AP/0051All OtherPending Decision

Proposal

Request for an EIA Screening Opinion for the redevelopment of the site including partial demolition, extension and renewal of the existing office building to provide additional high quality office space, the redevelopment of Keats House with the retention of the existing historic facade, and the restoration and refurbishment of the grade II listed Georgian terraces. Redevelopment of the site to include: - Redevelopment of the existing 1980s office building with partial demolition (including demolition of the St Thomas Street entrance buidling and the King's Head Yard facade) the contruction of side extensions and upward extension to add five storeys and create a ten storey office building plut plant, balconies, roof terraces and an office entrance on King's Head Yard -Revelopment of Keats House (nos 24-26 St Thomas Street) with retention of the historic frontage and constrution of a roof extension to add one storey of office floorspace -Restoration and refurbishment of the listed Georgian terrace (nos 4-16 St Thomas Street) to created level front entrances to the offices, internal alterations and new glazed roof to the rear courtyard -Associates public realm and highway works to St Thomas Street and King's Head Yard, cycle parking and all ancillary works

Received
9 January 2025
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  1. Received9 Jan
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7 weeks typical decision time in Southwark95% of all other applications approved

This is a planning application for demolition at New City Court 4-26 St Thomas Street London Southwark SE1 9RS. Southwark has handled 266 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 47 days. It was submitted on 9 January 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Borough High Street conservation area, with 17 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 8 applications across LBWB. We hold 2,143 applications in total for the SE1 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
25/AP/0051
Address
New City Court 4-26 St Thomas Street London Southwark SE1 9RS
Postcode
SE1 9RS
Local Authority
Southwark
Application Type
All Other
Decision Status
Undecided

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Submitted
9 January 2025

Planning Decision

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Coordinates
51.504692, -0.088905
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Southwark

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Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Borough High Street
  • Listed building: Grade II: Numbers 4-8 and 12-16 and Attached RailingsOn this site · +3 more
  • Article 4 direction: Central Activities Zone+3 more
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 687Next to the site · +2 more
  • Brownfield land register: 43 Borough High Street SE1 1LZRegister site at or near this address · +2 more
Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, 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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