South Lock Control Office South Dock Marina Plough Way London Southwark SE16 7SZ
Approved on 15 May 2026
Council decision: Council's Own - GRANTEDDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Construction of new fire escape stair case from first floor office to ground floor and new external postal boxes
- Received
- 21 November 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- London Borough of Southwark
- Ward
- Surrey Docks
- Agent
- Cottrell and Vermeulen Architecture
- ReceivedReceived21 Nov
- ValidatedValidated8 Dec
- Consult.Consultation24 Feb
- TargetTarget Date1 Feb
- DecidedDecided15 May
Decided in 158 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a planning application at South Lock Control Office South Dock Marina Plough Way London Southwark SE16 7SZ. Southwark has handled 9 applications of this type. This one was decided in 175 days, 18 weeks longer than Southwark's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 48 applications across Surrey Docks. We hold 651 applications in total for the SE16 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
- SE16 7SZ
- Application type
- Local Authority Development
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Bermondsey And Rotherhithe
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 8 December 2025
- Last date for comments
- 24 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 1 February 2026
- Permission expires
- 15 May 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Cottrell and Vermeulen Architecture
- Architect profile
- COTTRELL AND VERMEULEN ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
- Agent address
- 1B Iliffe Street London SE17 3L United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 20
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
- Listed building: South lock, hydraulic capstans and mooring postsOn this site
Also checked, none recorded (24)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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.
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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.
Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
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Associated applications
- 202624 Sep
Details of Condition 3 -Deconstruction Method Statement as required by full planning permission 25/AP/3405
PendingApplicationRelated26/AP/2763 - 202521 Nov
Construction of new fire escape stair case from first floor office to ground floor and new external postal…
This applicationApprovedOther25/AP/3405 - 202521 Nov
Listed Building Consent for Construction of new fire escape stair case from First floor office to ground…
ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside25/AP/3406
Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Southwark
Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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