Elephant And Castle Underground Station Elephant And Castle London Southwark SE1 6LW
Approved on 17 February 2026
Council decision: AOD - GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Details of Condition 4 'Archaeological Assessment' as required by planning permission ref. 20/AP/0681 dated 29/07/2020 for 'Construction of tunnelled connections to the existing Northern Line platforms from a new station box for the Elephant and Castle London Underground Northern Line Station'.
- Received
- 22 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Southwark
- Ward
- North Walworth
- ReceivedReceived22 Jan
- ValidatedValidated22 Jan
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date18 Mar
- DecidedDecided17 Feb
Decided in 26 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an application to discharge conditions at Elephant And Castle Underground Station Elephant And Castle London Southwark SE1 6LW. Southwark has handled 1,341 applications of this type. This one was decided in 26 days, 3 weeks quicker than Southwark's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 94 applications across North Walworth. We hold 2,758 applications in total for the SE1 postcode area.
97% of conditions 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
- SE1 6LW
- Application type
- Approval of Details
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Borough, Bankside And Walworth
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 22 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 18 March 2026
- Permission expires
- 17 February 2031
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- AECOM
- Agent address
- 100 Embankment Cathedral Approach Salford M3 7FB United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Article 4 direction: Central Activities Zone+3 more
- Brownfield land register: Shopping Centre SiteElephant And Castle,New Kent Road, Arches Six And Seven Elephant Road…Register site at or near this address
Also checked, none recorded (22)
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 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
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202526 Jun
Details of condition 5 (Construction method statement) pursuant to planning permission 20/AP/0681
ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/AP/1846 - 202526 Jun
Details of condition 3 (geotechnical design report) pursuant to planning permission 20/AP/0681
ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/AP/1843 - 202511 Mar
Non-material amendment to planning permission 20/AP/0681
ApprovedNon-material amendment25/AP/0603
Source: Southwark
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Consultants on this application
- AECOM · Agent for this application
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