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275A Old Kent Road London Southwark SE1 5LU

25/AP/2072Certificate of Lawful Dev. - ProposedApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 21 August 2025

Council decision: Certificate of Lawfulness Prop- GRANTEDDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for reinforcement of existing joists, installation of 12mm plywood on top of them and re-installation of suspended ceiling back in place.

Received
14 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
South Bermondsey
  1. Received14 Jul
  2. Validated29 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target22 Sep
  5. Decided21 Aug

Decided in 23 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at 275A Old Kent Road London Southwark SE1 5LU. Southwark has handled 202 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 11 days quicker than Southwark's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 63 applications across South Bermondsey. We hold 2,756 applications in total for the SE1 postcode area.

94% of outline 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 5LU
Application type
Certificate of Lawful Dev. - Proposed
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bermondsey And Rotherhithe

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 July 2025
Target decision date
22 September 2025
Permission expires
21 August 2030

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
9

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)
  • Conservation area: Thomas A'Becket and High StreetPart of the site
  • Article 4 direction: Old Kent Road North District Town Centre+1 more
  • Brownfield land register: 269 Old Kent Road SE1 5LURegister site at or near this address · +1 more
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.

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: Southwark

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