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5, Camberwell Church Street, SE5 8TR

25/AP/1694Prior Approval: Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E), or betting office or pay day loan shop to mixed use including up to two flats (Use Class C3)Approved
Prior approval

Approved on 6 August 2025

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior approval notification (Schedule 2 Part 3 Class G) for change of use from commercial space (Class E) to a mixed use of commercial space (Class E) and residential (Class C3) comprising two self-contained flats.

Submitted
20 June 2025
  1. Received20 Jun
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided6 Aug

Decided in 47 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 5, Camberwell Church Street, SE5 8TR. Southwark has handled 1 application of this type. This one was decided in 47 days. The site is in the Camberwell Green conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 14 applications across SGIL. We hold 1,312 applications in total for the SE5 postcode area.

94% of all 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
SE5 8TR
Application type
Prior Approval: Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E), or betting office or pay day loan shop to mixed use including up to two flats (Use Class C3)

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Camberwell Green
  • Article 4 direction: Camberwell District Town Centre+1 more
  • Brownfield land register: 18,Camberwell Church Street,,SE5 8QURegister site at or near this address · +4 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

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 and heritage coasts.

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    25 Nov

    Details of Condition 3 - Specification of the partition as required by planning permisssion 25/AP/1694

    WithdrawnDischarge of conditions25/AP/3444
  2. 2025
    21 Nov

    Details of Condition 2 - Acoustic predictions and mitigation measures as required by planning permission…

    WithdrawnApplicationRelated25/AP/3401
  3. 2025
    22 Sep

    Details of condition 3 'Party walls, floor and ceilings' as required by planning permission ref: 25/AP/1694

    RefusedDischarge of conditions25/AP/2727
  4. 2025
    18 Sep

    Details of condition 2 'Internal noise level ' required by planning permission ref: 25/AP/1694

    RefusedDischarge of conditions25/AP/2676
  5. 2025
    20 Jun

    Prior approval notification (Schedule 2 Part 3 Class G) for change of use from commercial space (Class E) to…

    This applicationApprovedApplication25/AP/1694

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    16 May

    Relocation of existing ducting

    ApprovedMinor application24/AP/1449

Source: Southwark

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