Planning application
Newington Library 153 - 155 Walworth Road London Southwark SE17 1RS
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
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.
As published by the council, reference 22/AP/0128
Application record
- Reference
- 22/AP/0128
- Type
- Approval of Details
- Status
- Granted
- Decision
- Granted As published: AOD - Granted
- Received
- 17 Jan 2022
- Validated
- 18 Jan 2022
- Decided
- 9 Mar 2022
- 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 3 applications since 2022: 3 approved, 0 refused.
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23/AP/2707 Granted
Newington Library 153 - 155 Walworth Road London Southwark SE17 1RS
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
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22/AP/2389 Granted
Newington Library 153 - 155 Walworth Road London Southwark SE17 1RS
Part discharge of details of Condition 3 (detailed drawings), where it relates to room GF13, a category B room, as required by planning permission 20/AP/1649 dated : 01/07/2021 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), aheritage 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.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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17 Jan 2022
Received by Southwark
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18 Jan 2022
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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9 Mar 2022
Decision issued: AOD - Granted
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21 Sep 2026
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Rolfe Judd Planning Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in The Oval
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