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271 Camberwell New Road London Southwark SE5 0TF

25/AP/3600Listed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 9 February 2026

Council decision: Listed Building Consent - GRANTEDDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Alterations to front lightwell including removal of modern escape stair and lowering of floor to smaller vault

Received
10 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Camberwell Green
Agent
Robert Birbeck Architect
  1. Received10 Dec
  2. Validated11 Dec
  3. Consult.10 Jan
  4. Target4 Feb
  5. Decided9 Feb

Decided in 60 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at 271 Camberwell New Road London Southwark SE5 0TF. Southwark has handled 158 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days, 12 days longer than Southwark's typical decision time. The site is in the Camberwell New Road conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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.

92% of heritage 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 0TF
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

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

Applicant and agent

Agent
Robert Birbeck Architect
Agent address
195 Ruskin Park House Champion Hill London SE5 8TN

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
21

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Camberwell New Road
  • Listed building: Grade II: Numbers 257-281 and Attached RailingsOn or next to this site
  • Brownfield land register: 83-87,Comber Grove,,SE5 0LDRegister site at or near this address
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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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