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56 Lower Road London Southwark SE16 2TU

26/AP/0460Certificate of Lawful Dev. - ProposedApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 20 April 2026

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Certificate of Lawful Development (Proposed) for change of use from C3 (dwelling) to C4 (HMO) Use

Received
16 February 2026
Ward
Rotherhithe
Agent
AARKZ DESIGN
  1. Received16 Feb
  2. Validated9 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target3 May
  5. Decided20 Apr

Decided in 42 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 56 Lower Road London Southwark SE16 2TU. Southwark has handled 202 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 2 weeks longer than Southwark's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 64 applications across Rotherhithe. We hold 651 applications in total for the SE16 postcode area.

94% of outline 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
SE16 2TU
Application type
Certificate of Lawful Dev. - Proposed
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bermondsey And Rotherhithe

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 March 2026
Target decision date
3 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
AARKZ DESIGN
Architect profile
AARKZ DESIGN LIMITED
Agent address
136 Church Hill Loughton IG10 2HW United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
11

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)
  • Brownfield land register: The Former Ambulance Centre Station Ann Moss Way SE16 2TLRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
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.

Source: Southwark

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

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