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135 Merrow Street London Southwark SE17 2NX

26/AP/0885Minor applicationWithdrawn
Full

Withdrawn on 8 May 2026

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Providing level access from the street; refurbishment of interior spaces; replacement of the existing poor-quality rear/side lean-to structure with a new infill arrangement of the same scale, incorporating a new wall to the Villa Street elevation and the rear courtyard with finishes carefully selected to complement the existing tones and textures of the surrounding streetscape; retention and repair of existing façades including the repainted hand-painted signage; and new electrical supply and mechanical ventilation provision.

Received
25 March 2026
Ward
Faraday
  1. Received25 Mar
  2. Validated26 Mar
  3. Consult.25 Apr
  4. Target20 May
  5. Decided8 May

Decided in 43 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for signage at 135 Merrow Street London Southwark SE17 2NX. Southwark has handled 1,045 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 44 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the Liverpool Grove conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 62 applications across Faraday. We hold 400 applications in total for the SE17 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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Application details

Postcode
SE17 2NX
Application type
Minor application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Borough, Bankside And Walworth

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 March 2026
Last date for comments
25 April 2026
Target decision date
20 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Gort Scott
Architect profile
GORT SCOTT LIMITED
Agent address
55 Leroy Street London SE1 4SN

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
25

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: Liverpool Grove
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

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

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