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Garages Rear 158 Elmington Road St Giles Road London Southwark SE5

26/AP/0899Minor applicationAwaiting decision
Full
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Demolition of existing garages and construction of a self-build two-storey house (two-bedroom, four person), including external lighting and an extendable canopy fixed to the house oversailing Brunswick Park, plus external lighting and metal planters at Nono Café (within Brunswick Park).

Received
26 March 2026
Decision due
27 May 2026
Ward
St Giles
  1. Received26 Mar
  2. Validated2 Apr
  3. Consult.25 Apr
  4. Target27 May
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 25 April.

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About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Garages Rear 158 Elmington Road St Giles Road London Southwark SE5. Southwark has handled 1,045 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 26 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 97 applications across St Giles.

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

Application type
Minor application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 April 2026
Last date for comments
25 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
50

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: 5,St Giles Road,,SE5 7RLRegister site at or near this address
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

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