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887 Old Kent Road London Southwark SE15 1NL

25/AP/2813Change of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 29 May 2026

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use from use class E to a mixed-use comprising class E(b) (café) and class C1 (short-stay accommodation), together with a first-floor rear extension and the addition of a mansard roof with crown element

Received
30 September 2025
Ward
Old Kent Road
Agent
RS Architects
  1. Received30 Sep
  2. Validated16 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target10 Dec
  5. Decided29 May

Decided in 225 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 887 Old Kent Road London Southwark SE15 1NL. Southwark has handled 146 applications of this type. This one was decided in 241 days, 27 weeks longer than Southwark's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 145 applications across Old Kent Road. We hold 1,344 applications in total for the SE15 postcode area.

88% of amendment 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
SE15 1NL
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bermondsey And Rotherhithe

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 October 2025
Target decision date
10 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
RS Architects
Agent address
31 Kenerne Drive Barnet EN5 2NW

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
29

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: Old Kent Road South District Town Centre+1 more
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

Source: Southwark

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

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