New City Court 4-26 St Thomas Street London SE1 9RS

26/AP/1936ConditionsPending Decision

Discharge / amendments

Proposal

Details submitted to satisfy Schedule 6 paragraph 1.1 (Construction Employment Contact Methodology) of the section 106 agreement associated with planning permission ref. 24/AP/3803 for 'Redevelopment of the site to include: - Redevelopment of the existing 1980s office building with partial demolition (including demolition of the St Thomas Street entrance building and the King's Head Yard facade); the construction of side extensions and upward extension to add 5 storeys and create a 10-storey office building plus plant, balconies and roof terraces; - Redevelopment of Keats House (nos. 24-26 St Thomas Street) with retention of the historic frontage and construction of a roof extension to add one storey of office floorspace; - Restoration and refurbishment of the listed Georgian terrace (nos. 4-16 St Thomas Street) to create level front entrances to the offices, internal alterations and new glazed roof to the rear courtyard (with separate LBC application ref. 24/AP/3804); - Associated public realm and highway works to St Thomas Street and King's Head Yard, cycle parking and all ancillary works.'

Received: 2 July 2026
Decided: 20 July 2026 · Agreed - for App Types VLA and VNMC
Council: London Borough of Southwark

Site boundary (council red line)

ReceivedSubmitted2 Jul
ValidatedValidated2 Jul
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided20 Jul

Decided in 18 days (council typically 49)

7 weeks typical decision time in Southwark97% of conditions applications approved

This is an application to discharge conditions at New City Court 4-26 St Thomas Street London SE1 9RS. Southwark has handled 1,341 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 49 days. This one was decided in 18 days, 4 weeks quicker than Southwark's median. The site is in the Borough High Street conservation area, with 18 listed buildings nearby. There have been 16 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 164 applications across London Bridge & West Bermondsey. We hold 2,143 applications in total for the SE1 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference

26/AP/1936

Address

New City Court 4-26 St Thomas Street London SE1 9RS

Postcode

SE1 9RS

Local Authority

Southwark

Application Type

Conditions

Scale / Size

Small

Decision Status

Agreed - for App Types VLA and VNMC

Current Status

Decided

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received

1 July 2026

Date Decided

20 July 2026

Date Validated

2 July 2026

Date Submitted

2 July 2026

Planning Decision

Decision

Agreed - for App Types VLA and VNMC

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Coordinates

51.504660, -0.088830

Enriching application data

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Southwark

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Planning history at this site

3 other applications at this property, newest first.

Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Conservation area: Borough High Street
Listed building: Grade II: Numbers 4-8 and 12-16 and Attached RailingsOn this site · +3 more
Article 4 direction: Central Activities Zone+5 more
Tree Preservation Order: Ref 687Part of the site
Brownfield land register: 43 Borough High Street SE1 1LZRegister site at or near this address · +1 more

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, 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.

© 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 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

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