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The Old Gas Works 709 Old Kent Road London Southwark SE15 1JZ

Decided Southwark 22/AP/1652 Scoping opinion (EIA)

Decided. The decision notice on the council portal carries the outcome in full, including any conditions.

Proposal

Environment Impact Assessment Scoping Report (Gas Holder site) for the development of two buildings to provide 750 residential dwellings (Class C3)and commercial (Class E) floorspace at ground floor and for the deconstruction and remediation of Gas Holder no.13 to provide publicly accessible open space and play space/lido, new pedestrian and vehicle routes and other associated works of de-contamination.

As published by the council, reference 22/AP/1652

Application record

Reference
22/AP/1652
Type
Scoping opinion (EIA)
Status
Decided
Decision
Scoping Opinion - EIA Regs
Received
11 May 2022
Validated
12 May 2022
Decided
5 Aug 2022
Ward
Old Kent Road
Parish
Bermondsey And Rotherhithe
Decision by
Delegated Panel - Trees
Postcode
SE15 1JZ

Site history

Applications at this address on the Southwark register

This site has had 4 applications since 2022: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • 26/AP/2483 Awaiting decision

    The Old Gas Works 709 Old Kent Road London Southwark SE15 1JZ

    Listed building consent for the additions to existing base station installation

    Submitted 19 Aug 2026
  • 26/AP/2482 Awaiting decision

    The Old Gas Works 709 Old Kent Road London Southwark SE15 1JZ

    Additions to existing base station installation.

    Submitted 19 Aug 2026
  • 22/AP/3217 Granted

    The Old Gas Works 709 Old Kent Road London Southwark SE15 1JZ

    Construction of a new below ground gas governor (gas pressure controllers) and associated servicing and parking area

    Decided 7 Nov 2023 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 11 May 2022

    Received by Southwark

  2. 12 May 2022

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 5 Aug 2022

    Decision issued: Scoping Opinion - EIA Regs

  4. 11 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Boyer Ltd. Agent

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Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

7 documents on file for this application

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After the decision

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Nearby applications

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  • The Old Gas Works 709 Old Kent Road London Southwark SE15 1JZ

    26/AP/2483 Submitted 19 Aug 2026 48m away

    95% historically approved · decision due ~30 Oct

    Listed building consent for the additions to existing base station installation

    Awaiting decision
  • The Old Gas Works 709 Old Kent Road London Southwark SE15 1JZ

    26/AP/2482 Submitted 19 Aug 2026 48m away

    95% historically approved · decision due ~2 Nov

    Additions to existing base station installation.

    Awaiting decision
  • Gas Holder Number 13 709 Old Kent Road London Southwark SE15 1JZ

    22/AP/0937 Submitted 19 Mar 2022 55m away

    Installation of 5G electronic communications equipment and associated ancillary developments to gas holder installations

    Refused Full applications 19 docs
  • Gas Holder Number 13 709 Old Kent Road London Southwark SE15 1JZ

    22/AP/2100 Submitted 14 Jun 2022 55m away

    Installation of 5G electronic communications equipment and associated ancillary developments to gas holder installations

    Refused Heritage and listed buildings 20 docs
  • The Old Gas Works 709 Old Kent Road London Southwark SE15 1JZ

    22/AP/3217 Submitted 8 Sep 2022 81m away

    Construction of a new below ground gas governor (gas pressure controllers) and associated servicing and parking area

    Granted Full applications 32 docs
  • 685-689 Old Kent Road London Southwark

    22/AP/2158 Submitted 17 Jun 2022 103m away

    Details of condition 42 (Archaeological Post Excavation Works Report) required by planning permission 18/AP/0196Demolition of existing buildings and erection of and construction of a part 3, part 7, part 22 storey building (76.6m) from ground level with roof top level amenity space, comprising 111 dwellings, 1,151 sqm (GIA) of D1 floorspace for a church with ancillary communal facilities, 2,173 sqm (GIA) of workspace (B1a and B1c) Use Class) and 87 sqm (GIA) of A1/A2/B1 floorspace, with associated landscaping, car and cycle parking, servicing and refuse and recycling facilities.(This application represents a departure from strategic policy 10 'Jobs and businesses' of the Core Strategy (2011) and saved policy 1.2 'strategic and local preferred industrial locations' of the Southwark Plan (2007) by virtue of proposing to introduce residential accommodation in a preferred industrial location).

    Granted Conditions 5 docs
    Major scheme

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