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Walworth Town Hall & Newington Library 153 - 155 Walworth Road London Southwark SE17 1RS

Granted Southwark 21/AP/2921 Approval of Details

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

Proposal

Details of Condition 2 - Detailed Drawings for planning permission 20/AP/1649 Refurbishment of the existing Grade II Listed Walworth Town Hall and Newington Library buildings to provide a Community Centre (Class D1), flexible employment/education space (Class B1/D1), and a café/lobby (Class A1/A3/D1); and including a third floor within the reconfigured roof space of the Town Hall building and a first floor mezzanine level to accommodate additional employment/education space (Class B1/D1), a heritage roof, new outdoor amenity spaces at ground floor and first floor levels, a building entrance off Walworth Square, with associated servicing, cycle parking, signage, lighting and associated landscaping.

As published by the council, reference 21/AP/2921

Application record

Reference
21/AP/2921
Type
Approval of Details
Status
Granted
Decision
Granted As published: AOD - Granted
Received
16 Aug 2021
Validated
17 Aug 2021
Decided
18 Oct 2021
Ward
North Walworth
Parish
Borough, Bankside And Walworth
Decision by
Delegated Panel - Simple
Postcode
SE17 1RS

Site history

Applications at this address on the Southwark register

This site has had 2 applications since 2021: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • 21/AP/2919 Granted

    Walworth Town Hall & Newington Library 153 - 155 Walworth Road London Southwark SE17 1RS

    Details of Condition 4 - Arboricultural Method Statement for enabling and refurbishment phases of work for planning permission 20/AP/1634 Refurbishment of the existing Grade II Listed Walworth Town Hall and Newington Library buildings to provide a Community Centre (Class D1), flexible employment/education space (Class B1/D1), and a café/lobby (Class A1/A3/D1); and including a third floor within the reconfigured roof space of the Town Hall building and a first floor mezzanine level to accommodate additional employment/education space (Class B1/D1), a heritage roof, outdoor amenity spaces at ground floor and first floor levels, an entrance off Walworth Square, with associated servicing, cycle parking, signage, lighting and associated landscaping.

    Decided 18 Jan 2022 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 16 Aug 2021

    Received by Southwark

  2. 17 Aug 2021

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 18 Oct 2021

    Decision issued: AOD - Granted

  4. 12 Oct 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

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

Active · incorporated 1992 · The Oval

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What this grant of permission means

Southwark granted permission on 18 October 2021, 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.

About condition discharge and variation applications

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.

Nearby applications

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  • Walworth Town Hall And Newington Library 151-155 Walworth Road London Southwark SE17 1RS

    23/AP/3038 Submitted 31 Oct 2023 50 yards away

    Discharge of S106 Obligation: 'Membership Marketing and Management Plan' set out in schedule 1, clause 5.1 of the Section 106 agreement ref. LEG/RP/PL/S106/RR020/138 associated with planning permission ref. 20/AP/1634.

    Decided Conditions 6 docs
  • Walworth Town Hall And Newington Library 151-155 Walworth Road London Southwark SE17 1RS

    22/AP/0586 Submitted 23 Feb 2022 50 yards away

    Discharge of planning obligation schedule 3 clause 1.1 of highways works as required by 20/AP/1634 for Refurbishment of the existing Grade II Listed Walworth Town Hall and Newington Library buildings to provide a Community Centre (Class D1), flexible employment/education space (Class B1/D1), and a café/lobby (Class A1/A3/D1); and including a third floor within the reconfigured roof space of the Town Hall building and a first floor mezzanine level to accommodate additional employment/education space (Class B1/D1), a heritage roof, outdoor amenity spaces at ground floor and first floor levels, an entrance off Walworth Square, with associated servicing, cycle parking, signage, lighting and associated landscaping.

    Decided Conditions 8 docs
  • Walworth Town Hall And Newington Library 151-155 Walworth Road London Southwark SE17 1RS

    23/AP/2099 Submitted 26 Jul 2023 50 yards away

    Details of Condition 12 ' Ecology including swift nesting boxes or bricks' pursuant to planning permission ref. 20/AP/1634: Refurbishment of the existing Grade II Listed Walworth Town Hall and Newington Library buildings to provide a Community Centre (Class D1), flexible employment/education space (Class B1/D1), and a café/lobby (Class A1/A3/D1); and including a third floor within the reconfigured roof space of the Town Hall building and a first floor mezzanine level to accommodate additional employment/education space (Class B1/D1), a heritage roof, outdoor amenity spaces at ground floor and first floor levels, an entrance off Walworth Square, with associated servicing, cycle parking, signage, lighting and associated landscaping.

    Granted Conditions 10 docs
  • Newington Library 153 - 155 Walworth Road London Southwark SE17 1RS

    22/AP/0128 Submitted 17 Jan 2022 50 yards away

    Details of conditon 6 required by planning permission 20/AP/1634 Refurbishment of the existing Grade II Listed Walworth Town Hall and Newington Library buildings to provide a Community Centre (Class D1), flexible employment/education space (Class B1/D1), and a café/lobby (Class A1/A3/D1); and including a third floor within the reconfigured roof space of the Town Hall building and a first floor mezzanine level to accommodate additional employment/education space (Class B1/D1), a heritage roof, outdoor amenity spaces at ground floor and first floor levels, an entrance off Walworth Square, with associated servicing, cycle parking, signage, lighting and associated landscaping.

    Granted Conditions 10 docs
  • Newington Library 153 - 155 Walworth Road London Southwark SE17 1RS

    23/AP/2707 Submitted 27 Sep 2023 50 yards away

    Details of Condition 3- Hard and soft landscaping as required by planning permission 20/AP/1634 dated 29/07/2021 for refurbishment of the existing Grade II Listed Walworth Town Hall and Newington Library buildings to provide a Community Centre (Class D1), flexible employment/education space (Class B1/D1), and a café/lobby (Class A1/A3/D1); and including a third floor within the reconfigured roof space of the Town Hall building and a first floor mezzanine level to accommodate additional employment/education space (Class B1/D1), a heritage roof, outdoor amenity spaces at ground floor and first floor levels, an entrance off Walworth Square, with associated servicing, cycle parking, signage, lighting and associated landscaping

    Granted Conditions 20 docs
  • Walworth Town Hall & Newington Library 153 - 155 Walworth Road London Southwark SE17 1RS

    21/AP/2919 Submitted 16 Aug 2021 50 yards away

    Details of Condition 4 - Arboricultural Method Statement for enabling and refurbishment phases of work for planning permission 20/AP/1634 Refurbishment of the existing Grade II Listed Walworth Town Hall and Newington Library buildings to provide a Community Centre (Class D1), flexible employment/education space (Class B1/D1), and a café/lobby (Class A1/A3/D1); and including a third floor within the reconfigured roof space of the Town Hall building and a first floor mezzanine level to accommodate additional employment/education space (Class B1/D1), a heritage roof, outdoor amenity spaces at ground floor and first floor levels, an entrance off Walworth Square, with associated servicing, cycle parking, signage, lighting and associated landscaping.

    Granted Conditions

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  • 26/AP/1686 Granted

    Aylesbury Estate Land Bounded By Albany Road Portland Street Bagshot Street Alvey Street East Street And Dawes Street London SE17

    Non-material amendment to planning permission ref: 14/AP/3844 dated 05.08.2015 (and variation of associated legal agreement) for the '...demolition of existing buildings and phased redevelopment to provide a mixed use development comprising a number of buildings ranging between 2 to 20 storeys in height (12.45m - 68.85m AOD) with capacity for up to 2,745 residential units (Class C3), up to 2,500sqm of employment use (Class B1); up to 500sqm of retail space (Class A1); 3,100 to 4,750sqm of community use; medical centre and early years facility (Class D1); in addition to up to 3,000sqm flexible retail use (Class A1/A3/A4) or workspace use (Class B1); new landscaping; parks, public realm; energy centre; gas pressure reduction station; up to 1,098 car parking spaces; cycle parking; landscaping and associated works.' Amendments sought: -Trigger points of Conditions 5 (Surface water stratgy), 7 (Drainage details), 10 (Site contamination), 12 (Advanced infrastructure and enabling works) amended to exclude demolition works. -Variation of associated S106 (Clause 7.1) to alter demolition sequencing (early demolition of 1-240 Wendover sought)

    Received 10 Jun, published by the council 25 Jul 2026 Conditions
  • 26/AP/1633 Granted

    49-53 Surrey Row London SE1

    Deed of Variation to amend the Section 106 Agreement associated with planning permission ref: 98/AP/1754

    Received 5 Jun, published by the council 25 Jul 2026 Conditions
  • 26/AP/1592 Granted

    Aylesbury Estate Land Bounded By Albany Road Portland Street Bagshot Street Alvey Street East Street And Dawes Street London SE17

    Deed of variation to amend Schedule 3, paragraph 16 (Car Club Scheme) in relation to Plot 18 / Development Phase 2A of the section 106 agreement attached to planning permission ref. 14/AP/3844 date 05.08.2015 for 'Demolition of existing buildings and redevelopment to provide a mixed use development comprising a number of buildings ranging between 2 to 20 storeys in height (9.45m - 72.2m AOD), providing 830 residential dwellings (Class C3); flexible community use, early years facility (Class D1) or gym (Class D2); public and private open space; formation of new accesses and alterations to existing accesses; energy centre; gas pressure reduction station; associated car and cycle parking and associated works.'

    Received 4 Jun, published by the council 25 Jul 2026 Conditions
  • 26/AP/2250 Granted

    Rich Industrial Estate Crimscott Street And Willow Walk London Southwark SE1 5TE

    Deed of Variation to amend the Section 106 Agreement associated with planning permission ref: 20/AP/2993, to amend the definition of Social Rented Housing to meet the requirements of the Rent Standard and deletion of Paragraph 5.3 in Schedule 3 to remove the service charge cap.

    Received 28 Jul, published by the council 9 Aug 2026 Conditions
  • 26/AP/2658 Awaiting decision

    Camberwell Police Station 9 Wren Road London Southwark SE5 8QP

    Details of Condition 2 'Method Statement and Schedule of Works' required by listed building consent ref. 26/AP/1608 'Listed building consent for proposed internal and external alterations to facilitate the conversion of the former Camberwell Police Station to create a mixed-use building comprising of Class E or Sui Generis at ground and lower ground floors and short stay, bed and breakfast accommodation (Use Class C1) at first and second floors.'

    Received 7 Sep, published by the council 10 Sep 2026 Conditions