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42 Borough High Street Southwark SE1 1XW

25/AP/2744Minor applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 26 November 2025

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Retention of 6No Condenser Units at roof level (Retrospective application).

Received
23 September 2025
Ward
Borough & Bankside
Agent
Northlight Architects Ltd
  1. Received23 Sep
  2. Validated7 Oct
  3. Consult.6 Nov
  4. Target1 Dec
  5. Decided26 Nov

Decided in 50 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 42 Borough High Street Southwark SE1 1XW. Southwark has handled 1,045 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 2 weeks longer than Southwark's typical decision time. The site is in the Borough High Street conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 182 applications across Borough & Bankside. We hold 2,758 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 1XW
Application type
Minor application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Borough, Bankside And Walworth

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 October 2025
Last date for comments
6 November 2025
Target decision date
1 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Northlight Architects Ltd
Architect profile
NORTHLIGHT ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
Creative Works 7 Blackhorse Lane London E17 6DS

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
22

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)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Borough High Street
  • Listed building: Grade II: 40, Borough High StreetOn or next to this site · +7 more
  • Article 4 direction: Bankside and Borough District Town Centre+2 more
  • Brownfield land register: 58,Borough High Street,,SE1 1XFRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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

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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