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London College Of Printing And Graphic Art Elephant And Castle London Southwark SE1 6SB

25/AP/0978Major applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 24 September 2026

39 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Partial demolition, refurbishment and re-use of existing London College of Communications (UAL) workshop building for flexible cultural venue (Class E/Sui Generis), demolition of all other existing buildings and structures and redevelopment of the site comprising residential (Class C3), purpose-built student accommodation (Sui Generis) and flexible commercial/retail (Class E) with associated amenity space, landscaping, car and cycle parking and all other associated and ancillary works.

Received
2 April 2025
Public comments
176
Ward
St Georges
Agent
DP9 Limited
  1. Received2 Apr
  2. Validated29 Apr
  3. Consult.17 Nov
  4. Target29 Jul
  5. Decided24 Sep

Decided in 513 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at London College Of Printing And Graphic Art Elephant And Castle London Southwark SE1 6SB. Southwark has handled 1,045 applications of this type. This one was decided in 540 days, 70 weeks longer than Southwark's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across St Georges. We hold 2,758 applications in total for the SE1 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
SE1 6SB
Application type
Major application
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Borough, Bankside And Walworth

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 April 2025
Last date for comments
17 November 2025
Target decision date
29 July 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
DP9 Limited
Agent address
100 Pall Mall London SW1Y 5NQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Additional information

Documents
612

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Article 4 direction: Central Activities Zone+2 more
  • Brownfield land register: Shopping Centre SiteElephant And Castle,New Kent Road, Arches Six And Seven Elephant Road…Register 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.

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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© 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.

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

Source: Southwark

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