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21 Borough High Street London Southwark SE1 9SE

Awaiting decision Southwark 23/AP/2308 Minor application

Works: Windows or glazing

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

Installation of new timber clad aluminium framed glazed shopfront on all three elevations, reinstatement of existing boarded up shopfront window on St Thomas Street elevation and installation of shopfront awning on Borough High Street elevation (revised description).

As published by the council, reference 23/AP/2308

Application record

Reference
23/AP/2308
Type
Minor application
Status
Under consideration/assessment
Received
15 Aug 2023
Validated
29 Aug 2023
Ward
London Bridge & West Bermondsey
Parish
Bermondsey And Rotherhithe
Postcode
SE1 9SE

Site history

Applications at this address on the Southwark register

This site has had 2 applications since 2023.

  • 23/AP/2309 Awaiting decision

    21 Borough High Street London Southwark SE1 9SE

    Display of three externally illuminated fascia signs, two externally illuminated projecting signs, two window signs applied to shopfront glazing and one shopfront awning to Borough High Street elevation incorporating signage (revised description).

    Submitted 15 Aug 2023 Advertising

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 15 Aug 2023

    Received by Southwark

  2. 29 Aug 2023

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 26 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 24 October 2023, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Southwark took a median of 52 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Documents

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

42 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Southwark for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Southwark decided full applications in a median of 68 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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