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34 Denmark Hill London Southwark SE5 8RZ

26/AP/1124Refused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 29 July 2026

1 reason for refusal

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Proposal

Details of condition 7 (Residential- Vertical sound transmission between potentially loud commercial and residential properties on refurbishment- pre-occupation approval) pursuant to planning permission 22/AP/3670 granted on 28.11.2025 for: (Change of use of upper floors from Use Class E to provide 2 residential units together with external alterations.)

Submitted
17 April 2026
  1. Received17 Apr
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 Jul

Decided in 103 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 34 Denmark Hill London Southwark SE5 8RZ. Southwark has handled 7,761 applications of this type. This one was decided in 103 days, 8 weeks longer than Southwark's typical decision time. The site is in the Camberwell Green conservation area. There have been 5 other applications at this address. We hold 1,312 applications in total for the SE5 postcode area.

Why it was refused

  1. The submitted details would not meet the requirement of the condition 7 of the planning permission ref: 22/AP/3670 requiring enhanced airborne sound insulation between the commercial premises and residential dwellings in that it fails to demonstrate that the separating construction achieves the specified minimum 50dB DnT,w+Ctr prior to the commencement of the use. The submitted details as such would fail to ensure that the occupiers and users of the proposed development do not suffer a loss of amenity by reason of noise nuisance and other excess noise from activities within the commercial premises in accordance with the National Planning Policy Framework (2023); Policy P56 (Protection of amenity); and Policy P66 (Reducing noise pollution and enhancing soundscapes) of the Southwark Plan (2022). southwark.gov.uk 2 Southwark Council, PO Box 64529, DECISION NOTICE LBS Registered Number: 26/AP/1124

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
SE5 8RZ

Site constraints

Checking the site
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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Camberwell Green
  • Article 4 direction: Camberwell District Town Centre+1 more
  • Brownfield land register: Valmar Trading EstateRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage 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

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