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48 Willowbrook Road London Southwark SE15 6BW

26/AP/1113Certificate of Lawful Dev. - ExistingRefused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 10 July 2026

1 reason for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate (Existing) for demolition of outbuilding wall support, protection and adaptation of the structure. Damp and timber treatment, Joinery repairs (including windows, doors, floorboards, stairs, decorative joinery. Plaster repairs, Metalwork repairs Masonary repairs

Received
20 April 2026
Ward
Old Kent Road
  1. Received20 Apr
  2. Validated28 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target22 Jun
  5. Decided10 Jul

Decided in 73 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 48 Willowbrook Road London Southwark SE15 6BW. Southwark has handled 146 applications of this type. This one was decided in 81 days, 5 weeks longer than Southwark's typical decision time. The site is in the Peckham Hill Street conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 143 applications across Old Kent Road. We hold 1,344 applications in total for the SE15 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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Why it was refused

  1. The Council is not satisfied, on the balance of probabilities, that the works subject to this application are lawful. The application site is a Grade II listed building and the works described constitute development which requires the benefit of the necessary planning permission and/or listed building consent. Insufficient evidence has been provided to demonstrate that the development was lawfully implemented pursuant to planning permission ref. 20/AP/0753 prior to its expiry, and the associated listed building consent ref. 20/AP/0754 was not lawfully implemented, as the relevant pre-commencement conditions were not discharged. Furthermore, unauthorised works affecting a listed building do not become lawful through the passage of time. The Council is therefore not satisfied that the works are lawful at the date of the application, and the proposal fails to meet the requirements for the grant of a Certificate of Lawfulness under section 191 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended). southwark.gov.uk 2 Southwark Council, PO Box 64529, DECISION NOTICE LBS Registered Number: 26/AP/1113

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
SE15 6BW
Application type
Certificate of Lawful Dev. - Existing
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Peckham And Nunhead

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 April 2026
Target decision date
22 June 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.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, 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.

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