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Arch 36 -39, America Street, London, Southwark, SE1 0NJ

25/AP/0057Non-Material AmendmentApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 20 January 2025

Proposal

Non Material Amendment for Condition 13 - NMA for planning application 23/AP/0561 dated 08/11/2023 for change of use of Arch 36 (Car Wash Use Class E(g) and Arch 37 (Production studio Use Class E(c) Arch 38 and Arch 39 (Car park Sui Generis) to flexible uses under Use Class E (a), (b), (c), (d),(g) (ii) and (g) (iii) and or Drinking Establishment (Sui Generis) installation of shopfronts, creation of cycle and bin storage, demolition of external lean to structures to front, side and rear and the installation of substation. Non material amendment application (NMA) seeks to vary the wording of Condition 13 to allow for the amalgamation of the 4no. railway arches (No. 36-39) specific to the incoming gallery/interactive art operator. Amended proposed ground floor plan and fire statement submitted to reflect the incoming gallery/interactive art operator.

Submitted
10 January 2025
  1. Received10 Jan
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided20 Jan

Decided in 10 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Arch 36 -39 America Street London Southwark SE1 0NJ. Southwark has handled 94 applications of this type. This one was decided in 10 days, 6 weeks quicker than Southwark's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across BOBA. We hold 2,756 applications in total for the SE1 postcode area.

98% of non-material 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
SE1 0NJ
Application type
Non-Material Amendment

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)
  • Article 4 direction: Bankside and Borough District Town Centre+2 more
  • Brownfield land register: 52,Southwark Bridge Road, & 74 Union Street Se1,SE1 0ARRegister site at or near this address
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.

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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.

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