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Apex 1 Apex Development Zone New Covent Garden Market Nine Elms SW8 5BH

2026/2092Reserved Matters (following outline)Approved
Reserved matters

Approved on 14 July 2026

Council decision: Approve No Conditions

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Planning application for part outline and part detailed planning permission for: (a) demolition of existing wholesale Fruit and Vegetable and Flower Market and ancillary buildings and structures, and residential building on Nine Elms Lane (apart from the existing multi storey car park); (b) Construction of mixed-use redevelopment comprising: a new Fruit and Vegetable and Flower Market and ancillary uses, including temporary and permanent facade; refurbishment and extension of existing waste collection area (including rooftop sports pitches); residential dwellings; flexible commercial uses, including retail, financial and professional services, cafe/restaurant, bar uses and hot food takeaways and offices; non-residential institutions; assembly and leisure uses; temporary storage and distribution buildings and associated works; associated car, cycle and motorcycle parking and servicing and new vehicle accesses, energy centres; and landscaping public realm and open space including part of the Linear Park. All matters reserved apart from access, details of all new markets and supporting buildings and details of Building N8 and associated landscaping; (c) Site clearance and enabling works. An Environmental Statement has been submitted with the application under the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2011.

Received
5 June 2026
  1. Received5 Jun
  2. Validated5 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided14 Jul

Decided in 39 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Apex 1 Apex Development Zone New Covent Garden Market Nine Elms SW8 5BH. Wandsworth has handled 530 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 2 weeks quicker than Wandsworth's typical decision time. There have been 9 other applications at this address. We hold 1,527 applications in total for the SW8 postcode area.

86% of outline applications at London Borough of Wandsworth were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SW8 5BH
Application type
Reserved Matters (following outline)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 June 2026
Application expires
31 July 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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, 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.

Planning history at this site

20 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    23 Jul

    Submission of details pursuant to the discharge of Condition 5 (Biodiversity and Ecological Management Plan)…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions2026/2658
  2. 2026
    22 Jul

    Submission of details pursuant to the partial discharge of Condition 68 (External Lighting) of planning…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions2026/2657
  3. 2026
    17 Jul

    Submission of details pursuant to the partial discharge of Condition 51 (Landscaping and Planting Programme)…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions2026/2608
  4. 2026
    13 Jul

    Planning application for part outline and part detailed planning permission for: (a) demolition of existing…

    ApprovedReserved matters2026/2535
  5. 2026
    3 Jul

    Planning application for part outline and part detailed planning permission for: (a) demolition of existing…

    ApprovedReserved matters2026/2430
  6. 2026
    9 Jun

    Non-material amendment to planning permission dated 22/08/2023 ref 2022/4820

    PendingNon-material amendment2026/2126

Source: Wandsworth

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