73 Southwark Park Road London Southwark SE16 3TY
Approved on 20 April 2026
Council decision: Prior Approval Required and ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Prior approval notification under Part 3 Class MA of the GDPO for the change of use of an existing cafe (Use Class E) to a residential dwelling (Use Class C3).
- Received
- 12 March 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Southwark
- Ward
- South Bermondsey
- Agent
- Forward Architecture Ltd
- ReceivedReceived12 Mar
- ValidatedValidated13 Mar
- Consult.Consultation9 Apr
- TargetTarget Date2 May
- DecidedDecided20 Apr
Decided in 38 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at 73 Southwark Park Road London Southwark SE16 3TY. Southwark has handled 202 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 10 days quicker than Southwark's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 63 applications across South Bermondsey. 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 3TY
- Application type
- All other prior approval applications
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Bermondsey And Rotherhithe
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 13 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 9 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 2 May 2026
- Permission expires
- 20 April 2031
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Forward Architecture Ltd
- Architect profile
- FORWARD ARCHITECTURE LTD
- Agent address
- Unit D Broomsleigh Business Park Worsley Bridge Road Sydenham SE26 5BN
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 50 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
- Brownfield land register: 63 Southwark Park Road SE16 3TYRegister 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.
Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202614 Jan
Proposed alteration to shopfront; alterations to the rear including the addition of a new rear side window…
ApprovedMinor application26/AP/0106 - 202525 Nov
Prior approval notification under class MA for the change of use of an existing cafe (Use Class E) to a…
WithdrawnAll other prior approval applications25/AP/3442
Source: Southwark
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