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56 Lower Road London Southwark SE16 2TU

25/AP/3425Approved

Approved on 2 April 2026

Council decision: Householder - GRANTED

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Construction of a vehicle crossover to allow the use of paved yard as a drive way for one car

Received
24 November 2025
  1. Received24 Nov
  2. Validated8 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided2 Apr

Decided in 84 days

About this application

This is a planning application at 56 Lower Road London Southwark SE16 2TU. Southwark has handled 7,761 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 5 weeks longer than Southwark's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 651 applications in total for the SE16 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
SE16 2TU

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 January 2026

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)
  • Brownfield land register: The Former Ambulance Centre Station Ann Moss Way SE16 2TLRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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 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

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

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