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51-53 Camberwell Church Street London Southwark SE5 8TR

25/AP/0271Change of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 23 April 2025

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retrospective application for change of use of part of ground floor from hotel use (Class C1) to cafe/restaurant use (Class E(b) while retaining the existing hotel use on the upper floors and part of the ground floor.

Received
3 February 2025
Public comments
1
Ward
St Giles
  1. Received3 Feb
  2. Validated4 Mar
  3. Consult.3 Apr
  4. Target28 Apr
  5. Decided23 Apr

Decided in 50 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 51-53 Camberwell Church Street London Southwark SE5 8TR. Southwark has handled 146 applications of this type. This one was decided in 79 days, 4 weeks longer than Southwark's typical decision time. The site is in the Camberwell Green conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 97 applications across St Giles. We hold 1,312 applications in total for the SE5 postcode area.

88% of 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
SE5 8TR
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 March 2025
Last date for comments
3 April 2025
Target decision date
28 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
131 Whippendell Rd Watford WD18 7ND United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Camberwell Green
  • Article 4 direction: Camberwell District Town Centre+1 more
  • Brownfield land register: 46,Camberwell Church Street,,SE5 8QZRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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.

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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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    3 Feb

    Retrospective application for change of use of part of ground floor from hotel use (Class C1) to…

    This applicationApprovedAmendment25/AP/0271
  2. 2025
    3 Feb

    Retrospective display of an internally-illuminated aluminium tray/fascia sign.

    ApprovedAdvertisement consentFiled alongside25/AP/0272

Source: Southwark

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