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20 Upper Ground London Southwark SE1 9PD

25/AP/1207Minor applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 1 July 2025

Council decision: Minor - GRANTEDDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Continued use of the highway for the temporary placing of decking, picket fence and associated furniture in association with hotel use

Received
23 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Borough & Bankside
Agent
Bidwells LLP
  1. Received23 Apr
  2. Validated12 May
  3. Consult.26 Jun
  4. Target6 Jul
  5. Decided1 Jul

Decided in 50 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 20 Upper Ground London Southwark SE1 9PD. Southwark has handled 1,045 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 3 weeks longer than Southwark's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 185 applications across Borough & Bankside. We hold 2,756 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 9PD
Application type
Minor application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Borough, Bankside And Walworth

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 May 2025
Last date for comments
26 June 2025
Target decision date
6 July 2025
Permission expires
1 July 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Bidwells LLP
Agent address
Seacourt Tower West Way Oxford OX2 2JJ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
17

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
  • Conservation areaPart of the site · +1 more
  • Article 4 direction: Bankside and Borough District Town Centre+1 more
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage 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, 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.

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. 2025
    23 Apr

    Continued use of the highway for the temporary placing of decking, picket fence and associated furniture in…

    This applicationApprovedFull25/AP/1207
  2. 2025
    23 Apr

    Continued temporary installation of an internally illuminated forecourt sign.

    ApprovedAdvertisement consentFiled alongside25/AP/1208

Source: Southwark

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