Bacons College Timber Pond Road London Southwark SE16 6AT
Approved on 15 May 2025
Council decision: Minor - GRANTEDDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Installation of 1,134 solar panels on the roofs.
- Received
- 4 March 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Southwark
- Ward
- Rotherhithe
- Agent
- Public Works Limited
- ReceivedReceived4 Mar
- ValidatedValidated27 Mar
- Consult.Consultation23 Apr
- TargetTarget Date21 May
- DecidedDecided15 May
Decided in 49 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Bacons College Timber Pond Road London Southwark SE16 6AT. Southwark has handled 1,045 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 3 weeks longer than Southwark's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 64 applications across Rotherhithe. We hold 651 applications in total for the SE16 postcode area.
93% of full 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
- SE16 6AT
- Application type
- Minor application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Bermondsey And Rotherhithe
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 27 March 2025
- Last date for comments
- 23 April 2025
- Target decision date
- 21 May 2025
- Permission expires
- 15 May 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Public Works Limited
- Agent address
- 74 Brion Place London E14 0SR United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Local nature reserve: Stave Hill Ecology ParkPart of the site
Also checked, none recorded (23)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
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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