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Nelson Dry Dock Rotherhithe Street London Southwark SE16 5HW

26/AP/1292Minor applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 6 November 2026

9 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Partial demolition of jetty head and replacement of the river wall at 265 Rotherhithe St, London SE16 5HW.

Received
6 May 2026
Ward
Surrey Docks
Agent
Rolfe Judd Planning
  1. Received6 May
  2. Validated7 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target1 Jul
  5. Decided6 Nov

Decided in 183 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Nelson Dry Dock Rotherhithe Street London Southwark SE16 5HW. Southwark has handled 1,045 applications of this type. This one was decided in 184 days, 19 weeks longer than Southwark's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 48 applications across Surrey Docks. We hold 651 applications in total for the SE16 postcode area.

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

Postcode
SE16 5HW
Application type
Minor application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bermondsey And Rotherhithe

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 May 2026
Target decision date
1 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Rolfe Judd Planning
Architect profile
ROLFE JUDD PLANNING LIMITED
Agent address
Old Church Court Claylands Road The Oval London SW8 1NZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
24

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
  • Listed building: Nelson dock patent slip, including gatesOn or next to this site · +1 more
Also checked, none recorded (24)

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, 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.

Source: Southwark

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

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