Tower Bridge Tower Bridge Road London Southwark SE1 2UP
Proposal
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed works to a listed building) for additional restoration works associated with the 'Tower Bridge Mud Tanks' project, to include the restoration of a drainage hopper and the addition of a manhole cover
- Received
- 10 November 2025
- Decided
- 28 November 2025
- Council
- London Borough of Southwark
- ReceivedSubmitted10 Nov
- ValidatedValidated
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided28 Nov
Decided in 18 days
This is a planning application at Tower Bridge Tower Bridge Road London Southwark SE1 2UP. Southwark has handled 7,476 applications of this type and approves 94% of them, typically deciding them in 50 days. This one was decided in 18 days, 5 weeks quicker than Southwark's median. The site is in the Tower Bridge conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 2,143 applications in total for the SE1 postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
10 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202610 Aug
Temporary advertisement consent to display 1x Pride Progress flag on the high-level footway of Tower Bridge…
ApprovedAdvertisement consent26/AP/2290 - 202611 Jun
Listed building consent for Installation of a fall protection system to the high level walkway gantries to…
ApprovedListed building consent26/AP/1630 - 202627 May
Temporary advertisement consent to display 1x Progress Pride flag on the high level footway of Tower Bridge…
ApprovedAdvertisement consent26/AP/1334 - 202629 Jan
Certificate of Lawfulness (works to a listed building) to fly pride flag during pride month.
ApprovedCertificate of Lawfulness - Listed Bldng26/AP/0354 - 202523 Jul
Maintenance works to the three 'mud tanks' of Tower Bridge, to repair and re-line the tanks, as well as to…
ApprovedListed building consent25/AP/1881 - 202522 Jul
The removal of the existing sprinkler system within the North and South towers of Tower Bridge while…
ApprovedListed building consent25/AP/2078 - 20256 May
Certificate of Lawfulness (works to a listed building) for replacement of the 1970s hydraulic motors, which…
ApprovedCertificate of Lawfulness - Listed Bldng25/AP/1336 - 202530 Apr
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed works to a listed building) for replacement of hydraulic motors.
WithdrawnAll Other25/AP/1299 - 202523 Apr
Listed building consent for replacement of previously modernised timber floorboards and metal ladders…
ApprovedListed building consent25/AP/1189 - 202517 Apr
Certificate of Lawfulness (works to a listed building) for installation of additional lifebuoys on the…
ApprovedCertificate of Lawfulness - Listed Bldng25/AP/1175
Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
- Conservation area: Tower Bridge
- Listed building: Tower Bridge (that part that lies within the Borough of Southwark)On or next to this site
- Article 4 direction: Central Activities Zone+1 more
Also checked, none recorded (22)
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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
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