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Friars Close Bear Lane London Southwark SE1

26/AP/0179Approval of DetailsPermitted
Discharge / amendments

Proposal

Details of condition 23 'Green Wall' required by planning permission ref no. 22/AP/4376 for Demolition of all existing residential buildings and ancillary structures on site. Construction of residential homes (Use Class C3) and flexible community & learning (Use Classes F1 & F2) floorspace; roof plant enclosure; cycle and vehicle parking; highway and access improvements; and landscape and public realm improvements. The new building would comprise a part nine, part twenty-two storey building to deliver 149 new homes.

Received
22 January 2026
Decided
16 July 2026
Ward
Borough & Bankside
Site boundary (council red line)
  1. Received22 Jan
  2. Validated23 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target19 Mar
  5. Decided16 Jul

Decided in 174 days (council typically 49)

7 weeks typical decision time in Southwark97% of conditions applications approved

This is an application to discharge conditions at Friars Close Bear Lane London Southwark SE1. Southwark has handled 1,341 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 49 days. This one was decided in 175 days, 18 weeks longer than Southwark's median. The site is in 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 30 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 189 applications across Borough & Bankside.

Application Details

Reference
26/AP/0179
Address
Friars Close Bear Lane London Southwark SE1
Local Authority
Southwark
Application Type
Approval of Details
Scale / Size
Large
Number of Dwellings
149
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Under consideration/assessment
Ward
Borough & Bankside
Parish
Borough, Bankside And Walworth

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
22 January 2026
Target Decision Date
19 March 2026
Date Decided
16 July 2026
Date Validated
23 January 2026
Date Submitted
22 January 2026

Planning Decision

Statutory Period
55 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Comments
0
Documents
4
Coordinates
51.505870, -0.102530
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Southwark

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Associated applications

  1. 2026
    22 Jan

    Details of condition 23 'Green Wall' required by planning permission ref no. 22/AP/4376

    This applicationApprovedDischarge of conditions26/AP/0179
  2. 2026
    22 Jan

    Details of condition 29 'Cycle Parking' required by planning permission ref no. 22/AP/4376

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsFiled alongside26/AP/0180
  3. 2026
    22 Jan

    Details of condition 8 (Circular Economy Statement) pursuant to planning permission 22/AP/4376

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsFiled alongside26/AP/0181
  4. 2026
    22 Jan

    Details of condition 16 (Tree Planting Strategy) pursuant to planning permission 22/AP/4376

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsFiled alongside26/AP/0182
  5. 2026
    22 Jan

    Details of condition 18 'Hard & Soft Landscaping' required by planning permission ref no. 22/AP/4376

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsFiled alongside26/AP/0183

Planning history at this site

20 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    24 Aug

    Non-Material Amendment to change of Trigger for Planning Condition 26 and 27 seeking formal approval to amend…

    ApprovedNon-material amendment26/AP/2445
  2. 2026
    5 Aug

    Details submitted to satisfy Schedule 7 Clause 1.2 (278 works specification) of the Section 106 Agreement…

    PendingDischarge of conditions26/AP/2363
  3. 2026
    28 Jul

    Discharge of the S106 obligations under Schedule 6, Clause 1.1 'Low Line and Public Realm Specification'…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/AP/2217
  4. 2026
    27 Jul

    Details submitted to satisfy Schedule 7 Clause 1.1 'Joint survey on a catalogue of the condition of the…

    PendingApplication26/AP/2195
  5. 2026
    5 May

    Details of condition 21 (Vibration and Re-radiated Noise) pursuant to planning permission 22/AP/4376

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/AP/1277
  6. 2026
    28 Apr

    Details of condition 26 (External Facing Materials And Full-Scale (1:1) Mock-Ups Of The Facades) as required…

    PendingDischarge of conditions26/AP/1224

Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Article 4 direction: Bankside and Borough District Town Centre+2 more
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.

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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 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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