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Oval House Kennington Oval London Lambeth SE11 5SW

Granted Lambeth 22/04439/DET Approval of Details

Works: Extension Demolition Small domestic

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Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Approval of details pursuant to condition 31 (soft landscaping plan) of planning permission 18/04183/FUL (Application for Full Planning Permission and Listed Building Consent for the demolition of the existing Oval House Theatre and the construction of a part five part six storey hotel building (Use Class C1), comprising 95 bedrooms, ancillary bar and restaurant and associated landscaping, servicing, on-site parking and new boundary treatment; and refurbishment of the Grade II listed White House building consisting of the replacement of a modern single storey rear extension, the removal of modern internal partitions, change of use of lower floors of the White House from ancillary theatre office (sui generis) to office (Use Class B1a) and the change of use of the second floor from office (Use Class B1a) to temporary residential accommodation (Sui Generis).) granted on 21.06.2019.

As published by the council, reference 22/04439/DET

Application record

Reference
22/04439/DET
Type
Approval of Details
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Grant Permission
Received
14 Dec 2022
Validated
14 Dec 2022
Decided
2 Mar 2023
Ward
Oval
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
SE11 5SW

Site history

Applications at this address on the Lambeth register

This site has had 3 applications since 2022: 3 approved, 0 refused.

  • 22/03022/ADV Granted

    Oval House Kennington Oval London Lambeth SE11 5SW

    Display of a non-illuminated hoarding advertisement measuring 2440mm high and 53.68m long, along the existing hoarding frontage on Harleyford Street, for a temporary period ending on 30th November 2023.

    Decided 20 Jan 2023 Advertising
  • 22/02009/DET Granted

    Oval House Kennington Oval London Lambeth SE11 5SW

    Approval of details pursuant to conditions 4 (Basement Method Statement and Flood Risk Assessment), 11(Method of Construction Statement) and 55(Ground Movement Assessment) of planning permission 18/04183/FUL (Application for Full Planning Permission and Listed Building Consent for the demolition of the existing Oval House Theatre and the construction of a part five part six storey hotel building (Use Class C1), comprising 95 bedrooms, ancillary bar and restaurant and associated landscaping, servicing, on-site parking and new boundary treatment; and refurbishment of the Grade II listed White House building consisting of the replacement of a modern single storey rear extension, the removal of modern internal partitions, change of use of lower floors of the White House from ancillary theatre office (sui generis) to office (Use Class B1a) and the change of use of the second floor from office (Use Class B1a) to temporary residential accommodation (Sui Generis)) granted on 21.06.2019.

    Decided 25 Jan 2023 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 14 Dec 2022

    Received by Lambeth

  2. 2 Mar 2023

    Decision issued: Grant Permission

  3. 15 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

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Rolfe Judd Planning Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in The Oval

Active · incorporated 1992 · The Oval

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Documents

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7 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Lambeth granted permission on 2 March 2023, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.

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    22/03022/ADV Submitted 22 Aug 2022 50 yards away

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    Granted Advertising 7 docs
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