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Tower Bridge Tower Bridge Road London Southwark

26/AP/0354Certificate of Lawfulness - Listed BldngApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 16 April 2026

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness (works to a listed building) to fly pride flag during pride month.

Received
29 January 2026
Ward
London Bridge & West Bermondsey
  1. Received29 Jan
  2. Validated25 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target21 Apr
  5. Decided16 Apr

Decided in 50 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Tower Bridge Tower Bridge Road London Southwark. Southwark has handled 158 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 4 weeks longer than Southwark's typical decision time. The site is in the Tower Bridge conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 163 applications across London Bridge & West Bermondsey.

92% of heritage 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

Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness - Listed Bldng
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bermondsey And Rotherhithe

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 February 2026
Target decision date
21 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
City of London
Agent address
Via Email

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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.

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

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    13 Oct

    Details pursuant to Condition 3 'Detailed drawing' of Listed Building Consent 24/AP/2858

    PendingDischarge of conditions26/AP/3009
  2. 2026
    10 Aug

    Temporary advertisement consent to display 1x Pride Progress flag on the high-level footway of Tower Bridge…

    ApprovedAdvertisement consent26/AP/2290
  3. 2026
    11 Jun

    Listed building consent for Installation of a fall protection system to the high level walkway gantries to…

    ApprovedListed building consent26/AP/1630
  4. 2026
    27 May

    Temporary advertisement consent to display 1x Progress Pride flag on the high level footway of Tower Bridge…

    ApprovedAdvertisement consent26/AP/1334
  5. 2025
    10 Nov

    Certificate of lawfulness (proposed works to a listed building) for additional restoration works associated…

    ApprovedApplication25/AP/3213
  6. 2025
    23 Jul

    Maintenance works to the three 'mud tanks' of Tower Bridge, to repair and re-line the tanks, as well as to…

    ApprovedListed building consent25/AP/1881

Source: Southwark

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