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12 Grove Lane London Southwark SE5 8SY

25/AP/1927Certificate of Lawful Dev. - ExistingRefused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 14 August 2025

Council decision: Certificate of Lawfulness Exist- REFUSEDDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness (existing) for use of property as 5no. self-contained residential flats (Use Class C3).

Received
7 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Camberwell Green
  1. Received7 Jul
  2. Validated8 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target1 Sep
  5. Decided14 Aug

Decided in 37 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 12 Grove Lane London Southwark SE5 8SY. Southwark has handled 146 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 11 days quicker than Southwark's typical decision time. The site is in 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 67 applications across Camberwell Green. We hold 1,312 applications in total for the SE5 postcode area.

88% of amendment 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 8SY
Application type
Certificate of Lawful Dev. - Existing
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 July 2025
Target decision date
1 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
NGBARCHDESIGNERS
Agent address
Unit 2, 59 Anernely Road Bromley London SE19 2AS

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Camberwell District Town Centre+2 more
  • Brownfield land register: 14b And 14c Grove Lane SE5 8SYRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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.

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© 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: Southwark

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