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Bankside House 24 Sumner Street London Southwark SE1 9JA

25/AP/2480Major applicationAwaiting decision
Full
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Demolition of the existing building and hardstanding and redevelopment of Bankside House to provide one mixed-use building of three distinct built elements connected by a pavilion level to provide purpose-built student accommodation with ancillary facilities (Sui Generis) and ground floor commercial floorspace, café and retail (Use Class E) and community facilities (Use Class F1/F2), (including part use as a hotel Class C1 [and/or for the provision of other short-term seasonal accommodation] outside of term times) alongside associated cycle parking, servicing, plant, landscaping improvements, and wider public realm enhancements.

Received
22 August 2025
Decision due
6 January 2026
Public comments
33
Ward
Borough & Bankside
Agent
Montagu Evans LLP
  1. Received22 Aug
  2. Validated7 Oct
  3. Consult.6 Nov
  4. Target6 Jan
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 6 November.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (345)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Bankside House 24 Sumner Street London Southwark SE1 9JA. Southwark has handled 1,045 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 22 August 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 185 applications across Borough & Bankside. 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 9JA
Application type
Major application
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Borough, Bankside And Walworth

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 October 2025
Last date for comments
6 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Montagu Evans LLP
Agent address
Montagu Evans LLP 70 St Mary Axe London EC3A 8BE

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Additional information

Documents
345

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)
  • Article 4 direction: Bankside and Borough District Town Centre+1 more
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 375Protected tree on or next to this site
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, 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.

Source: Southwark

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