55, Great Suffolk Street, SE1 0BB
Approved on 22 May 2026
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Proposal
Details of condition 7 'Construction Management Plan' required by planning permission ref no. 22/AP/1066: 'Change of use of building from Use Class B8 to provide ground and first floor flexible commercial floorspace as office, cafe or restaurant use (Class E) and second to fifth floor as office use (Class E); the erection of a five storey rear external core; raising of existing roof profile; construction of east and west dormer windows; change of southern hip roof slope to gable end; installation of a roof level plant screen to the new gable end; the insertion of new window apertures to the existing Loman Street façade; refurbishment or replacement of east and west elevation windows; replacement of loading doors to east and west elevations; partial lowering of courtyard area with relaying of granite setts; amendments to east elevation ground floor doorway; and associated works including changes to boundary treatment.'
- Submitted
- 21 February 2025
- Council
- London Borough of Southwark
- ReceivedSubmitted21 Feb
- ValidatedValidated
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided22 May
Decided in 455 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a planning application for a dormer extension at 55, Great Suffolk Street, SE1 0BB. Southwark has handled 427 applications of this type. This one was decided in 455 days, 58 weeks longer than Southwark's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 11 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across BOBA. We hold 2,758 applications in total for the SE1 postcode area.
97% of approval of details reserved by a condition (discharge) 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 0BB
- Application type
- Approval of details reserved by a condition (discharge)
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
- Article 4 direction: Bankside and Borough District Town Centre+1 more
- Brownfield land register: 55,Great Suffolk Street,,SE1 0BBRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
Also checked, none recorded (20)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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.
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Planning history at this site
13 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202515 Oct
Details of condition 5 including parts iii, iv, v, vii 'Materials samples' pursuant to listed building…
ApprovedListed building consent25/AP/3026 - 202515 Oct
Details of condition 4 'Schedule of works for repair/reloaction' pursuant to listed building consent…
ApprovedListed building consent25/AP/3007 - 202528 Jul
Partial details of condition 5 'Materials samples' pursuant to listed building consent 22/AP/1067
ApprovedListed building consent25/AP/2180 - 202528 Jul
Details of condition 7 'Metal Windows' pursuant to listed building consent 22/AP/1067
ApprovedListed building consent25/AP/2179 - 202528 Jul
Details of condition 12 'Tree planting' pursuant to planning permission 22/AP/1066
RefusedAll Other25/AP/2175 - 202528 Jul
Details of condition 11 'Hard and soft landscaping' pursuant to planning permission 22/AP/1066
RefusedAll Other25/AP/2174 - 202528 Jul
Partial discharge of condition 8 iv (plant enclosure), vi (dormer) viii (replacement windows) and ix (fifth…
ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/AP/2154 - 202528 Jul
Details of condition 10 'Security Measures' pursuant to planning permission 22/AP/1066
ApprovedAll Other25/AP/2151 - 202522 Apr
Details of Condition 8 (Surface Water Drainage) pursuant to planning permission ref. 22/AP/1066
WithdrawnDischarge of conditions25/AP/1185 - 20259 Apr
Non-material amendment to Condition 1 (Approved Plans) of planning permission 22/AP/1066
ApprovedNon-material amendment25/AP/0472 - 202513 Mar
Details of condition 4 (Programme of archaeological mitigation) pursuant to planning permission 22/AP/1066
WithdrawnDischarge of conditions25/AP/0716 - 202513 Mar
Details of condition 3 (Archaeological building recording) pursuant to planning permission 22/AP/1066
ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/AP/0712 - 202513 Mar
Details of condition 3 (Historic building recording) pursuant to listed building consent 22/AP/1067
ApprovedListed building consent25/AP/0708
Source: Southwark
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