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Railway Arches 231 To 235 Empress Street London Southwark SE17 3HJ

26/AP/1323Approval of DetailsApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 11 June 2026

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Details of Condition 3 'Soft Demolition Method Statement for Bats' required by planning permission ref: 25/AP/0966 granted on 21.04.2026 for: (Refurbishment of the internal unit, external facade including replacement of the front and rear infills, demolition of the lean-to extension, construction of a replacement lean-to extension, replacement of roller shutter; replacement of part of the front boundary wall with 3m high palisade fencing and a single leaf gate at the south-eastern corner to allow pedestrian access and retention of existing two accesses on the south side of the site Railway Arches 231 To 235).

Received
7 May 2026
Ward
Faraday
  1. Received7 May
  2. Validated8 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target2 Jul
  5. Decided11 Jun

Decided in 34 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Railway Arches 231 To 235 Empress Street London Southwark SE17 3HJ. Southwark has handled 1,341 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 2 weeks quicker than Southwark's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 62 applications across Faraday. We hold 400 applications in total for the SE17 postcode area.

97% of conditions 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 3HJ
Application type
Approval of Details
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Borough, Bankside And Walworth

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 May 2026
Target decision date
2 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Montagu Evans
Agent address
70 St Mary Axe London EC3A 8BE GB

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
4

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)
  • Article 4 direction: Railway ArchesPart of the site
  • Brownfield land register: Land To North Side Of Hillingdon Street At Junction With Pelier Street Bounded To East By…Register 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    8 May

    Details of Condition 3 'Soft Demolition Method Statement for Bats' required by planning permission ref…

    This applicationApprovedDischarge of conditions26/AP/1323
  2. 2025
    1 Apr

    Refurbishment of the internal unit, external facade including replacement of the front and rear infills…

    ApprovedMinor applicationPart of25/AP/0966

Source: Southwark

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