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55 Camberwell Church Street London Southwark SE5 8TR

25/AP/2248Approved

Approved on 17 February 2026

Council decision: Change of Use - GRANTED

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use of 55 Camberwell Church Street the existing first, second and third floors from HMO (Use Class Sui Generis) to provide 3no. self-contained residential flats (Use Class C3). Associated enabling works including insertion of an automatic opening vent (AOV) at roof level, and provision of bike and refuse storage.

Received
6 August 2025
  1. Received6 Aug
  2. Validated30 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided17 Feb

Decided in 140 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 55 Camberwell Church Street London Southwark SE5 8TR. Southwark has handled 7,761 applications of this type. This one was decided in 140 days, 13 weeks longer than Southwark's typical decision time. The site is in the Camberwell Green conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 1,312 applications in total for the SE5 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
SE5 8TR

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 September 2025

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Camberwell GreenPart of the site · +1 more
  • Article 4 direction: Camberwell District Town Centre+1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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
    30 Sep

    Change of use of 55 Camberwell Church Street the existing first, second and third floors from HMO (Use Class…

    This applicationApprovedApplication25/AP/2248
  2. No date

    Cost review supplied JJV total due £ 4740.00 case 25/AP/2248

    PendingApplicationRelatedCE/25/0233

Source: Southwark

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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