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Vacant Plot Adjacent To (North Side) 44 Reverdy Road, London SE1 5QD

26/AP/0706Minor applicationRefused
Full

Refused on 25 September 2026

1 reason for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Proposed new 2-bedroom, 3-person dwelling and associated landscaping. Includes the part demolition of the front boundary wall.

Received
10 March 2026
Ward
South Bermondsey
Agent
Material Architects Ltd
  1. Received10 Mar
  2. Validated11 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target5 May
  5. Decided25 Sep

Decided in 198 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Vacant Plot Adjacent To (North Side) 44 Reverdy Road, London SE1 5QD. Southwark has handled 1,045 applications of this type. This one was decided in 199 days, 21 weeks longer than Southwark's typical decision time. The site is in the Thorburn Square conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 63 applications across South Bermondsey. We hold 2,756 applications in total for the SE1 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposal would result in a significant and unacceptable degree of overshadowing the rear gardens of Nos 150 - 152 Fort Road. This would be contrary to Policy P56 (Protection of Amenity) of the Southwark Plan 2022 and L2:1di of the National Planning Policy Framework 2026. southwark.gov.uk 2 Southwark Council, PO Box 64529, DECISION NOTICE LBS Registered Number: 26/AP/0706

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
SE1 5QD
Application type
Minor application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bermondsey And Rotherhithe

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 March 2026
Target decision date
5 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Material Architects Ltd
Architect profile
MATERIAL ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
Adam House 2-10 Adam Street London WC2N 6AA

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
27

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)
  • Conservation area: Thorburn Square
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage 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, 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.

Source: Southwark

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