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18 Melbourne Grove London Southwark SE22 8RA

26/AP/0599All other prior approval applicationsApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 31 March 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Required and ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Prior approval notification under Schedule 2 Part 3 Class MA of the GDPO for the conversion of an accountancy office to a single-occupancy dwelling house (change of use from class E to class C3).

Received
2 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Goose Green
Agent
Hollins Planning Ltd
  1. Received2 Mar
  2. Validated3 Mar
  3. Consult.25 Mar
  4. Target22 Apr
  5. Decided31 Mar

Decided in 28 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 18 Melbourne Grove London Southwark SE22 8RA. Southwark has handled 202 applications of this type. This one was decided in 29 days, 3 weeks quicker than Southwark's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 123 applications across Goose Green. We hold 929 applications in total for the SE22 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
SE22 8RA
Application type
All other prior approval applications
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Dulwich

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 March 2026
Last date for comments
25 March 2026
Target decision date
22 April 2026
Permission expires
31 March 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent
Hollins Planning Ltd
Agent address
Tintagel House 92 Albert Embankment London SE1 7TY

Planning decision

Statutory period
50 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
24

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 216Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Brownfield land register: 16 Melbourne Grove SE22 8QZRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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