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221 And 221A Rotherhithe Street London Southwark SE16 5XW

25/AP/3516Minor applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 4 February 2026

Council decision: Minor - GRANTEDDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Construction of rear dormer extension spanning across 221 and 221A, installation of two rooflights on front roof slope and installation of solar planels on dormer flat roof and front roof slope.

Received
3 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Surrey Docks
Agent
HTC Architects
  1. Received3 Dec
  2. Validated11 Dec
  3. Consult.2 Jan
  4. Target4 Feb
  5. Decided4 Feb

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 221 And 221A Rotherhithe Street London Southwark SE16 5XW. Southwark has handled 1,045 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 2 weeks longer than Southwark's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

93% of full 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 5XW
Application type
Minor application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bermondsey And Rotherhithe

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 December 2025
Last date for comments
2 January 2026
Target decision date
4 February 2026
Permission expires
4 February 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
HTC Architects
Agent address
Unit 9, Shoreditch Town Hall 380 Old Street London EC1V 9LT United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
28

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)Part of the 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.

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

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