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Camberwell Old Cemetery Forest Hill Road London Southwark SE22 0RU

25/AP/2540Local Authority DevelopmentApproved

Approved on 26 November 2025

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Replacement of the existing single storey temporary building providing public toilets within Camberwell Old Cemetery, with a new permanent single storey public toilet building, of the same size and on the same footprint. Includes associated groundworks and making good.

Received
5 September 2025
Ward
Dulwich Hill
Agent
Playle and Partners
  1. Received5 Sep
  2. Validated17 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target11 Nov
  5. Decided26 Nov

Decided in 70 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application at Camberwell Old Cemetery Forest Hill Road London Southwark SE22 0RU. Southwark has handled 9 applications of this type. This one was decided in 82 days, 5 weeks longer than Southwark's typical decision time. The site is in 7 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 74 applications across Dulwich Hill. We hold 929 applications in total for the SE22 postcode area.

94% of all 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
SE22 0RU
Application type
Local Authority Development
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Dulwich

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 September 2025
Target decision date
11 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Playle and Partners
Agent address
138 Main Road Crest House Sidcup DA14 6NY United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, Article 4 directions, 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

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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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