The Ledbury Estate, Commercial Way And Old Kent Road, London, Southwark, SE15

26/AP/2974Approval of details reserved by a condition (discharge)Approved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 2 November 2026

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Proposal

Details of condition 35 'SBD Certificate' required by planning permission ref. 24/AP/2136 'Variation of Condition 1 'Approved Plans' pursuant to planning permission 22/AP/0554 (as amended by 23/AP/0953, 24/AP/2453 and 25/AP/0522), which gave consent for: The redevelopment of the Ledbury Estate involving the demolition of Bromyard House, Skenfrith House, Sarnsfield House and Peterchurch House and the erection of 6 blocks to provide 340 new homes (including 224 replacement homes), provision of Class E space fronting Old Kent Road at ground floor level, together with re-provision of the tenants & residents association hall and multi-use games area, access, servicing, car parking, cycle parking, cycle storage, plant, play and open space and landscaping. The amendments include the following: - Amendments to introduce second staircases on Building B1 & B4 - Amendments to the wheelchair accessible dwelling strategy - Amendments to the Phase 2 landscape design - Amendments to Phase 2 cycle storage and servicing strategy on Buildings B1/B2/B3/B4 - Minor enhancements to external expression and materiality - Minor amendments to the elevations - Omission of roof top level plant screens'

Submitted: 12 October 2026
Council: London Borough of Southwark

ReceivedSubmitted12 Oct
ValidatedValidated
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided2 Nov

Decided in 21 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at The Ledbury Estate Commercial Way And Old Kent Road London Southwark SE15. Southwark has handled 427 applications of this type. This one was decided in 21 days, 4 weeks quicker than Southwark's typical decision time. There have been 8 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 29 applications across OLKE.

97% of approval of details reserved by a condition (discharge) 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

Application type: Approval of details reserved by a condition (discharge)

Site constraints

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Conservation area: Kentish Drovers and Bird in BushNext to the site

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage 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.

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