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68A Denmark Hill London Southwark SE5 8RZ

25/AP/2528Minor applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 30 January 2026

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from Class E(c)(i) (financial services - bank) to Class E(b) (restaurant), including installation of a recirculating extraction system, timber-framed shopfront, retractable awning, shutter door, and ramped access.

Received
3 September 2025
Ward
Camberwell Green
Agent
MEK Town Planning and Design Consultants Ltd
  1. Received3 Sep
  2. Validated4 Sep
  3. Consult.9 Oct
  4. Target29 Oct
  5. Decided30 Jan

Decided in 148 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 68A Denmark Hill London Southwark SE5 8RZ. Southwark has handled 1,045 applications of this type. This one was decided in 149 days, 14 weeks longer than Southwark's typical decision time. The site is in the Camberwell Green conservation area. 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.

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
SE5 8RZ
Application type
Minor application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 September 2025
Last date for comments
9 October 2025
Target decision date
29 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
MEK Town Planning and Design Consultants Ltd
Agent address
Flat 14 Clive House Haddo Street Greenwich London SE10 9RH

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
19

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
  • Article 4 direction: Camberwell District Town Centre+2 more
  • Brownfield land register: 64-70,Denmark Hill,,SE5 8RZRegister site at or near this address · +4 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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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© 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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Associated applications

  1. 2026
    23 Feb

    Details of condition 5 'Kitchen extraction ' required by planning permission ref no. 25/AP/2528

    RefusedDischarge of conditions26/AP/0531
  2. 2025
    3 Sep

    Change of use from Class E(c)(i) (financial services - bank) to Class E(b) (restaurant), including…

    This applicationApprovedFull25/AP/2528

Source: Southwark

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