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Railway Arches 231 To 235 Empress Street London Southwark SE17 3HJ

25/AP/0966Minor applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 21 April 2026

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Refurbishment of the internal unit, external facade including replacement of the front and rear infills, demolition of the lean-to extension, construction of a replacement lean-to extension, replacement of roller shutter and installation of a set of entrance gates on Empress Street.

Received
1 April 2025
Ward
Faraday
  1. Received1 Apr
  2. Validated10 Apr
  3. Consult.9 May
  4. Target4 Jun
  5. Decided21 Apr

Decided in 376 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Railway Arches 231 To 235 Empress Street London Southwark SE17 3HJ. Southwark has handled 1,045 applications of this type. This one was decided in 385 days, 48 weeks longer than Southwark's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 62 applications across Faraday. We hold 400 applications in total for the SE17 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
SE17 3HJ
Application type
Minor application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Borough, Bankside And Walworth

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 April 2025
Last date for comments
9 May 2025
Target decision date
4 June 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Robinson Kenning & Gallagher
Agent address
Airport House Purley Way Croydon CR0 0XZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
19

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)
  • Brownfield land register: Land To North Side Of Hillingdon Street At Junction With Pelier Street Bounded To East By…Register site at or near this address
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, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    8 May

    Details of Condition 3 'Soft Demolition Method Statement for Bats' required by planning permission ref…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/AP/1323
  2. 2025
    1 Apr

    Refurbishment of the internal unit, external facade including replacement of the front and rear infills…

    This applicationApprovedFull25/AP/0966

Source: Southwark

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