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5 Howden Street London Southwark SE15 4LB

26/AP/0219Householder ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 25 March 2026

Council decision: Householder - GRANTEDDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Construction of a single-storey L-shaped wraparound extension to the side and rear, and a loft conversion involving a rear dormer extension and three front rooflights, with external materials to match the existing dwelling.

Received
26 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Rye Lane
  1. Received26 Jan
  2. Validated26 Jan
  3. Consult.18 Feb
  4. Target22 Mar
  5. Decided25 Mar

Decided in 58 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a loft conversion at 5 Howden Street London Southwark SE15 4LB. Southwark has handled 1,045 applications of this type. This one was decided in 58 days, 9 days longer than Southwark's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 113 applications across Rye Lane. We hold 1,344 applications in total for the SE15 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
SE15 4LB
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Peckham And Nunhead

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 January 2026
Last date for comments
18 February 2026
Target decision date
22 March 2026
Permission expires
25 March 2029

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Former Columbia Metals Limited Warehouse,Winglfield Mews,Wingfield Street,SE15 4LHRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    22 May

    Non-material amendment of planning permission 26/AP/0219

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendment26/AP/1468
  2. 2026
    26 Jan

    Construction of a single-storey L-shaped wraparound extension to the side and rear, and a loft conversion…

    This applicationApprovedFull26/AP/0219

Source: Southwark

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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