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Elephant And Castle Public House 121 Newington Causeway London Southwark SE1 6BN

25/AP/1787Minor applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 17 February 2026

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retrospective planning application for retention of new wooden decking on top of the previous slabs and recladding of existing pitched canopy extending off the northern elevation of the pub with a deep timber fascia painted in a dark red colour. Planning permission is also sought for a retractable awning attached to the timber fascia already in place to provide shelter for the northern side of the outside seating area,

Received
18 June 2025
Ward
Chaucer
Agent
Walsingham Planning
  1. Received18 Jun
  2. Validated19 Jun
  3. Consult.16 Jul
  4. Target13 Aug
  5. Decided17 Feb

Decided in 243 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Elephant And Castle Public House 121 Newington Causeway London Southwark SE1 6BN. Southwark has handled 1,045 applications of this type. This one was decided in 244 days, 28 weeks longer than Southwark's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 58 applications across Chaucer. 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 6BN
Application type
Minor application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Borough, Bankside And Walworth

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 June 2025
Last date for comments
16 July 2025
Target decision date
13 August 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Walsingham Planning
Agent address
Bourne House Cores End Road Bourne End Buckinghamshire SL8 5AR United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
10

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)
  • Listed building: Metro Central HeightsOn or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: Central Activities Zone+2 more
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 445Part of the site · +2 more
  • Brownfield land register: West Combe Apartments, 123 Newington Causeway SE1 6BNRegister site at or near this address
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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