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Third Floor 8 Playhouse Court London Southwark SE1 0AT

26/AP/1161All other prior approval applicationsWithdrawn
Outline / PiP

Withdrawn on 11 May 2026

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Prior approval for the change of use of the 3rd floor unit in a mixed use 6 storey building from commercial (office) to a residential dwellinghouse.

Received
23 April 2026
Ward
Borough & Bankside
  1. Received23 Apr
  2. Validated24 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target13 Jun
  5. Decided11 May

Decided in 17 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Third Floor 8 Playhouse Court London Southwark SE1 0AT. Southwark has handled 202 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 18 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the Union Street conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 182 applications across Borough & Bankside. We hold 2,758 applications in total for the SE1 postcode area.

94% of outline 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
SE1 0AT
Application type
All other prior approval applications
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Borough, Bankside And Walworth

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 April 2026
Target decision date
13 June 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
50 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
3

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: Union Street
  • Article 4 direction: Bankside and Borough District Town Centre+1 more
  • Brownfield land register: 8 Playhouse Court, 62 Southwark Bridge SE1 0ATRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
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

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

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