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28 Bywater Place London Southwark SE16 5ND

25/AP/3752Householder ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 13 February 2026

Council decision: Householder - GRANTEDDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Garage conversion into a habitable room and changes to ground floor fenestration on the front and rear elevations of the property

Received
19 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Surrey Docks
Agent
The Market Design and Build
  1. Received19 Dec
  2. Validated30 Dec
  3. Consult.27 Jan
  4. Target23 Feb
  5. Decided13 Feb

Decided in 45 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 28 Bywater Place London Southwark SE16 5ND. Southwark has handled 1,045 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Southwark's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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 5ND
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bermondsey And Rotherhithe

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 December 2025
Last date for comments
27 January 2026
Target decision date
23 February 2026
Permission expires
13 February 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
The Market Design and Build
Agent address
320 High Street Harlington Hayes UB3 5DU

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 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Article 4 direction: Houses in multiple occupation: Bywater Place, SE16
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    19 Dec

    Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for a flat dormer to the rear with 3 no. skylights in the front sloping…

    ApprovedCertificate of Lawful Dev. - ProposedFiled alongside25/AP/3751
  2. 2025
    19 Dec

    Garage conversion into a habitable room and changes to ground floor fenestration on the front and rear…

    This applicationApprovedFull25/AP/3752

Source: Southwark

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