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634-636 Old Kent Road, London, SE15 1JB

26/AP/3084All OtherAwaiting decision
Discharge / amendments
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Non-Material Amendment to planning permission 18/AP/3463 and approved appeal APP/A5840/W/19/3225213 for: Variation to Condition 1 (approved plans) of planning permission 17/AP/1646 for "Demolition of the existing buildings to facilitate the redevelopment of the site to create 42x residential units and 272 sq m (GIA) of flexible commercial floorspace (Class A1/A2/A3/B1) in a new building of between three and six storeys in height, together with disabled car parking, cycle parking, landscaping, plant, and associated works" to allow for: the reduction of the number of stair and lift cores from 2 to 1; 4no. additional dwellings (taking total from 42 to 46); an increase in the overall commercial area (taking total to 285 sqm); an uplift in bin storage, bike storage, communal amenity space at ground floor and plant room area; a 15% increase in the area of the Photo Voltaic panels at roof level (taking total area to 12 sqm); Minor changes to external appearance'. The amendments in this NMA include the following: New back-up generator and compound in ground floor amenity area.

Submitted
21 October 2026
  1. Received21 Oct
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at 634-636 Old Kent Road London SE15 1JB. Southwark has handled 388 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 21 October 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 29 applications across OLKE. We hold 1,344 applications in total for the SE15 postcode area.

96% of all other 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
SE15 1JB
Application type
All Other

Site constraints

Checking the site
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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Livesey
  • Article 4 direction: Old Kent Road South District Town CentrePart of the site · +2 more
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 556Part of the site · +1 more
  • Brownfield land register: 634-636,Old Kent Road,,SE15 1JBRegister site at or near this address · +3 more
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

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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.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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