Tower Bridge, Tower Bridge Road, London, Southwark, SE1 2UP

25/AP/1189Listed building consentPermitted

Proposal

Listed building consent for replacement of previously modernised timber floorboards and metal ladders, addition of safety handrails and minor repairs to the resting block platforms and access route.

Received: 23 April 2025
Decided: 13 June 2025
Council: London Borough of Southwark

Approximate site (title boundary)

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ReceivedSubmitted23 Apr
ValidatedValidated
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided13 Jun

Decided in 51 days (council typically 49)

7 weeks typical decision time in Southwark96% of listed building consent applications approved

This is a listed building consent application at Tower Bridge Tower Bridge Road London Southwark SE1 2UP. Southwark has handled 52 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 50 days. This one was decided in 51 days. The site is in the Tower Bridge conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 8 applications across LBWB. We hold 2,143 applications in total for the SE1 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference

25/AP/1189

Address

Tower Bridge Tower Bridge Road London Southwark SE1 2UP

Postcode

SE1 2UP

Local Authority

Southwark

Application Type

Listed building consent

Decision Status

Permitted

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Decided

13 June 2025

Date Submitted

23 April 2025

Planning Decision

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Coordinates

51.504375, -0.076160

Enriching application data

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Southwark

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Associated applications

2025
30 Apr
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed works to a listed building) for replacement of hydraulic motors.
WithdrawnAll OtherFiled alongside25/AP/1299
2025
23 Apr
Listed building consent for replacement of previously modernised timber floorboards and metal ladders…
This applicationApprovedListed building consent25/AP/1189

Planning history at this site

12 other applications at this property, newest first.

Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Conservation area: Tower Bridge
Listed building: Grade II: Accumulator Tower and Chimney Stack to East Side of Tower Bridge ApproachOn this site · +2 more
Article 4 direction: Central Activities Zone+1 more
Tree Preservation Order: Ref 521Part of the site · +4 more

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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, 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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