231 Camberwell New Road London Southwark SE5 0TH
Withdrawn on 4 December 2025
Proposal
Lawful Development Certificate (Existing) for Conversion to live-work specification per application reference 21/AP/3789-Refurbishment and conversion of 231 Camberwell New Rd from offices (E use class) to a 3 bed live/work unit (sui generis use class) with 2no rear car parking spaces.
- Received
- 3 November 2025
- Council
- London Borough of Southwark
- Ward
- Camberwell Green
- ReceivedReceived3 Nov
- ValidatedValidated18 Nov
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date12 Jan
- DecidedDecided4 Dec
Decided in 16 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at 231 Camberwell New Road London Southwark SE5 0TH. Southwark has handled 146 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 31 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the Camberwell New Road conservation area, with 13 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications 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.
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
- SE5 0TH
- Application type
- Certificate of Lawful Dev. - Existing
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 12 January 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
- Conservation area: Camberwell New Road
- Listed building: No given nameOn or next to this site
- Article 4 direction: Protected shopping frontage SF52: Camberwell New RoadPart of the site
- Brownfield land register: 233 Camberwell New Road SE5 0THRegister site at or near this address
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.
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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.
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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20265 Mar
Variation of Condition 4 's278 agreement' of planning permission ref no. 21/AP/3789
ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)26/AP/0655 - 202620 Feb
Details of Condition 6 'Rear access gates' required by planning permission ref no. 21/AP/3789
ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/AP/0513 - 202619 Feb
Details of Condition 3 'Service Management Plan' required by planning permission ref no. 21/AP/3789
ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/AP/0512 - 202619 Feb
Details of Condition 5 'Cycle Storage details' required by planning permission ref no. 21/AP/3789
ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/AP/0514
Source: Southwark
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