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160 Blackfriars Road London Southwark SE1 8EZ

26/AP/0289Approved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 25 March 2026

Council decision: Agreed - for App Types VLA and VNMC

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Details of schedule 6 clause 2.18 'affordable commercial unit management plan' and clause 3.1 'community use' (to be an amended version to that agreed by ref. 25/AP/1214) as required by ref. 22/AP/3049 'Minor material amendments by variation of Condition 1 Approved Plans' and Condition 30 'Number of Hotel Bedrooms' of planning permission ref. 20/AP/0556 (Erection of an eight storey building with basement, comprising a hotel (Class C1), flexible commercial or community unit (Class B1/D1), retail floorspace (Class A1/A3), creation of public space, landscaping and associated works. Works to the existing office building at ground and roof levels (including a new rooftop terrace, balustrades and PV panels); elevational alterations; and alterations associated with the creation of a new entrance on the Blackfriars Road elevation).'

Received
29 January 2026
  1. Received29 Jan
  2. Validated30 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided25 Mar

Decided in 54 days

About this application

This is a planning application at 160 Blackfriars Road London Southwark SE1 8EZ. Southwark has handled 7,761 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days, 5 days longer than Southwark's typical decision time. There have been 10 other applications at this address. We hold 2,756 applications in total for the SE1 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
SE1 8EZ

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 January 2026

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: Bankside and Borough District Town Centre+2 more
  • Brownfield land register: Friars House, 157-168 Blackfriars RoadRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
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

10 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    27 Aug

    Details of Condition 18 Refuse Storage Facilities as required by full planning pernmission 22/AP/3049

    PendingVariation of conditions (s73)26/AP/2541
  2. 2026
    4 Aug

    Non-material amendment to Condition 1 (Approved Plans) of planning permission ref no. 22/AP/3049

    ApprovedNon-material amendment26/AP/2318
  3. 2026
    28 Jul

    Details of condition 17 (Landscaping Management Plan) as required by planning permission ref. 22/AP/3049

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)26/AP/2215
  4. 2026
    27 Jul

    Details submitted to satisfy Schedule 5 paragraph 3.1 of the end use 'Employment and Skills Plan' of the…

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)26/AP/2220
  5. 2026
    24 Jun

    Details of condition 33 'Plant Noise' as required by planning permission ref. 22/AP/3049

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)26/AP/1828
  6. 2026
    10 Jun

    Details of condition 24 (Electric vehicle charging) - with no EVCP proposed - as required by planning…

    PendingVariation of conditions (s73)26/AP/1637

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