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5-7 Morecambe Street London Southwark SE17 1DX

26/AP/1020S.73 Vary/Remove Conds/Minor AlterationsApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 10 July 2026

9 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Minor material amendment of planning permission ref no. 24/AP/0486 'Sub-division of existing residential unit to form 2 no. 2-bedroom self-contained dwellings and self-contained existing single storey artist workshop at the side. External alterations to the ground floor front elevation of proposed dwelling 2 to replace existing doors and windows, subdivision of the existing front garden space with associated bins and bike storage'. Proposed variation to condition 1 to approve revised plans and removal of condition 3 (landscaping).

Received
9 April 2026
Ward
North Walworth
Agent
Stephen Kavanagh Architects Ltd
  1. Received9 Apr
  2. Validated13 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target7 Jun
  5. Decided10 Jul

Decided in 88 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 5-7 Morecambe Street London Southwark SE17 1DX. Southwark has handled 146 applications of this type. This one was decided in 92 days, 6 weeks longer than Southwark's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 94 applications across North Walworth. We hold 400 applications in total for the SE17 postcode area.

88% of amendment 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 1DX
Application type
S.73 Vary/Remove Conds/Minor Alterations
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Borough, Bankside And Walworth

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 April 2026
Target decision date
7 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Stephen Kavanagh Architects Ltd
Architect profile
STEPHEN KAVANAGH ARCHITECTS LTD
Agent address
Stephen Kavanagh Architects 3rd Floor, The Department Store 248 Ferndale Road LONDON SW9 8FR

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
19

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)Part of the site
  • Article 4 direction: Elephant and Castle Major Town Centre
  • Brownfield land register: 5,Morecambe Street,,SE17 1DXRegister site at or near this address
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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

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

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