2 Melbury Drive London Southwark SE5 7SG
Approved on 10 March 2026
Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Prior approval notification for the construction of a single-storey rear extension measuring 4.27m in depth and 3m in height.
- Received
- 20 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Southwark
- Ward
- St Giles
- Agent
- Dimensions- Planning&Architecture
- ReceivedReceived20 Jan
- ValidatedValidated21 Jan
- Consult.Consultation9 Mar
- TargetTarget Date2 Mar
- DecidedDecided10 Mar
Decided in 48 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 2 Melbury Drive London Southwark SE5 7SG. Southwark has handled 1,045 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 97 applications across St Giles. We hold 1,312 applications in total for the SE5 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
- SE5 7SG
- Application type
- Large Home Extensions
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 21 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 9 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 2 March 2026
- Permission expires
- 10 March 2031
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Dimensions- Planning&Architecture
- Agent address
- Unit 7 Hawthorn Business Park 165 Granville Road London NW2 2AZ United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 40 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
- Brownfield land register: 2,Sedgmoor Place,,SE5 7SERegister site at or near this address
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.
Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202624 Feb
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for a single storey rear extension, and loft conversion with rear dormer…
ApprovedCertificate of Lawful Dev. - Proposed26/AP/0547 - 202529 May
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for the erection of a loft dormer conversion with skylights to the front…
ApprovedLawful development: Proposed use25/AP/1566
Source: Southwark
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