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138 Rye Lane London Southwark SE15 4RZ

Refused Southwark 22/AP/4009 Certificate of Lawful Dev. - Proposed

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) that the ground floor of a premises is now in Class E use and that its use for any use within Class E would be lawful and not require further planning permission.

As published by the council, reference 22/AP/4009

Application record

Reference
22/AP/4009
Type
Certificate of Lawful Dev. - Proposed
Status
Refused
Decision
Certificate of Lawfulness PROP- REFUSED
Received
23 Nov 2022
Validated
24 Nov 2022
Decided
28 Dec 2022
Ward
Rye Lane
Parish
Peckham And Nunhead
Decision by
Delegated Panel - Complex
Postcode
SE15 4RZ

Site history

Applications at this address on the Southwark register

This site has had 2 applications since 2022: 0 approved, 2 refused.

  • 22/AP/3015 Refused

    138 Rye Lane London Southwark SE15 4RZ

    Retrospective application for the use of first and second floors as ancillary management accommodation area for ground floor restaurant use (E(b)); Retention of rear bi-folder doors.

    Decided 10 Nov 2022 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 23 Nov 2022

    Received by Southwark

  2. 24 Nov 2022

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 28 Dec 2022

    Decision issued: Certificate of Lawfulness PROP- REFUSED

  4. 28 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

MEK Town Planning and Design Consultants Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in London

Active · incorporated 2016 · London

37 applications on PlanIndex · across 11 councils · 46% granted

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Documents

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

15 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

Southwark refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About lawful development applications

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.

Nearby applications

Within 500 metres

  • 138 Rye Lane London Southwark SE15 4RZ

    22/AP/3015 Submitted 30 Aug 2022 9m away

    Retrospective application for the use of first and second floors as ancillary management accommodation area for ground floor restaurant use (E(b)); Retention of rear bi-folder doors.

    Refused Full applications 25 docs
  • 27 Choumert Square London Southwark SE15 4RE

    23/AP/2499 Submitted 4 Sep 2023 17m away

    T1 large Acacia - Crown reduce a 14m tree by 3.5m to previous reduction points and reduce 6m lateral branches by 2m on all compass points

    Granted Trees 8 docs
  • Street Record Choumert Square London Southwark SE15 4RE

    25/AP/3178 Submitted 31 Oct 2025 18m away

    99% historically approved · decision due ~26 Dec

    (T1) False Acacia is to be removed in three stages over several months: initially pollarded from 14.0m to 8.4m with crown spread reduced from 9.0m to 5.4m, then after approximately 3-4 months reduced further to 4.2m with crown spread to 1.0m, and finally cut to a 2.4-3.0m trunk which will be poisoned to prevent regrowth.

    Awaiting decision Trees 6 docs
  • 151 Rye Lane London Southwark SE15 4TL

    26/AP/2508 Submitted 21 Aug 2026 52m away

    95% historically approved · decision due ~19 Oct

    Change of use from a beauty salon (Use Class E(c)(iii)) to a café/restaurant (Use Class E(b)), including the installation of an extraction flue to the rear of the property and a ground floor door at the side/rear corner.

    Awaiting decision
  • 153A Rye Lane London Southwark SE15 4TL

    22/AP/1621 Submitted 9 May 2022 62m away

    Construction of a mansard roof addition and rear terrace to provide 2 additional bedrooms to unit 3.

    Refused Full applications Loft or dormer 26 docs
  • 151 Rye Lane London Southwark SE15 4TL

    25/AP/3589 Submitted 9 Dec 2025 69m away

    Installation of an extraction flue to the rear of the property, and installation of a door to the ground floor side/rear corner.

    Refused Full applications 26 docs

In Southwark

  • 26/AP/1673 Granted

    Flat 67 Benbow House 24 New Globe Walk London Southwark SE1 9DS

    Certificate of Lawful Development to replace existing external doors with new thermally improved doors

    11 Jun 2026 Lawful development
  • 26/AP/1909 Granted

    6 Ethnard Road London Southwark SE15 1RU

    Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for a loft conversion with rear dormer

    30 Jun 2026 Lawful development
  • 26/AP/1759 Granted

    29 Dundas Road London Southwark SE15 2DR

    Certificate of Lawful Development (Proposed) for loft conversion with rear dormer, installation of roof lights to front roof slope, construction of a rear outbuilding, fenestration changes including new and replacement windows and installation of soil vent pipe.

    17 Jun 2026 Lawful development
  • 26/AP/1942 Granted

    Peckham Rye Railway Station Station Way London Southwark SE15 4RX

    Certificate of lawfulness (existing) to confirm that planning permission 22/AP/1006 was lawfully implemented within the prescribed time period

    3 Jul 2026 Lawful development
  • 26/AP/1625 Granted

    97 - 99 Borough High Street Southwark SE1 1NL

    Certificate of Lawful development (proposed) for: Like for like replacement of the existing Zinc Cladding, for non combustible insulation, behind the cladding and replacement external like for like (new) zinc cladding; and like for like replacement of the penthouse terrace decking and the balcony decking to the rear.

    8 Jun 2026 Lawful development