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

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

• 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.

  Decided 6 Sep 2022 Conditions

1. 27 Sep 2023

   Received by Southwark

2. 4 Dec 2023

   Decision issued: AOD - Granted

3. 26 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

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

  23/AP/2099 Submitted 26 Jul 2023 0m 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/2389 Submitted 4 Jul 2022 1m away

  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.

  Granted Conditions 11 docs

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

  23/AP/3038 Submitted 31 Oct 2023 8m 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 151 Walworth Road London Southwark SE17 1RY

  22/AP/2499 Submitted 12 Jul 2022 14m away

  Removal of stone flooring from Room ref: G11 at ground floor

  Granted Heritage and listed buildings 10 docs

• 5 Ethel Street London Southwark SE17 1NH

  25/AP/2405 Submitted 21 Aug 2025 21m away

  Variation of Condition 1 (Approved plans); alterations to the approved roof terrace screen on top of the existing outrigger, and to the roof and rear wall materials for the approved ground floor extension, alterations to the proposed fenestration on the roof and rear elevation of the extension, increase of size to the side facing W/C window on the first floor of the exsiting rear outrigger, and minor adjustment of the flank wall to the extension to become a party wall rather than a boundary wall. Varitation of the wording of Condition 4 (Obscured glazing around the roof terrace); alteration of the approved material for the approved roof terrace, of planning permission 23/AP/3535 approved 09/02/2024 for 'Construction of a rear and side return extension, new roof terrace above existing outrigger and other minor external modifications to Victorian terraced house'.

  Granted Amendments Extension Roofing +1 23 docs
  Small domestic

• 157-169 Walworth Road London Southwark SE17 1RY

  23/AP/1966 Submitted 14 Jul 2023 28m away

  Installation of one external air conditioning unit and a retrospective application for three existing air conditioning units situated on the first-floor roof facing Walworth Road

  Granted Full applications 24 docs

• 26/AP/1080 Decided

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

  Discharge Schedule 3, Clause 6.2 (Developer to Notify Council) of the S106 agreement (application ref. 14/AP/3844) for 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.

  15 Apr 2026 Conditions
• 26/AP/1251 Decided

  Chatelain House 182-202 Walworth Road London Southwark SE17 1RW

  Details submitted to satisfy Schedule 3 Clause 5.2 (Part 2 (Commencement) of the Housing Delivery Monitoring Table) of the Section 106 Agreement associated with planning permission ref: 24/AP/0892

  28 Apr 2026 Conditions
• 26/AP/0992 Decided

  Heygate Estate And Surrounding Land Bound By New Kent Road To The North, Rodney Place And Rodney Road To The East, Wansey Street To The South And Walworth Road And Elephant Road To The West London SE17

  Details submitted to satisfy Schedule 3 paragraph 26.13 (Site Wide Energy Strategy - final strategy) of the section 106 agreement associated with planning permission ref. 12/AP/1092 'Outline application for: Redevelopment to provide a mixed use development comprising a number of buildings ranging between 13.13m (AOD) and 104.8m (AOD) in height with capacity for between 160,579sqm GEA (min) and 254,000sqm GEA (max) residential floorspace together with retail (Class A1-A5), business (Class B1), leisure and community (Class D2 and D1), energy centre (sui generis) uses. New landscaping, park and public realm, car parking, means of access and other associated works).'

  7 Apr 2026 Conditions
• 26/AP/0546 Decided

  Land Known As Devonshire Place 747-759 And 765-775 Old Kent Road And Land At Devonshire Grove London SE15 1NZ

  Variation of Section 106 Agreement (ref no. LEG/RP/PL/S106/RR020/465) associated with planning permission 23/AP/1862, which gave consent for: "Phased mixed-use redevelopment of the site, comprising: - Demolition of all existing buildings/structures, site clearance and excavation; - Construction of buildings to provide residential dwellings (Class C3) and flexible commercial, business and service space (Class E); - Construction of buildings to provide purpose built student accommodation including associated amenity and ancillary space, flexible commercial, business, service and community spaces within Classes E/F2(b) (Sui Generis); and - Provision of associated car and cycle parking, open space and landscaping, means of access and highway alterations, installation of plant and utilities and all other associated ancillary works incidental to the development". This Deed of Variation application seeks changes to the definitions, schedules and appendices (as appropriate) within the Section 106 Agreement in connection with changes formally sought under a concurrent non-material amendment application, the reference number for which is 26/AP/0377. The changes to the Section 106 Agreement sought by the Deed of Varation application would: - reflect all of the changes proposed by 26/AP/0377 to the sizes and layouts of the various buildings, elevations, basements, rooms, dwellings and external facilities across the consented development; - reflect the conversion of 75 dwellings from their consented Shared Ownership tenure to their proposed Social Rent tenure; - insert the GLA's Mortgagee in Possession (MiP) clauses; - omit the requirement to explore opportunities for healthcare providers to occupy the Block C commercial premises, enabling the applicant to instead proceed to exploring opportunities for the premises to be occupied as affordable workspace; and - make other non-material changes to the Section 106 Agreement wording.

  19 Feb 2026 Conditions
• 26/AP/0377 Decided

  Land Known As Devonshire Place 747-759 And 765-775 Old Kent Road And Land At Devonshire Grove London SE15 1NZ

  Non-material amendment to planning permission 23/AP/1862 (as amended by 26/AP/1158), which gave consent for: "Phased mixed-use redevelopment of the site, comprising: - Demolition of all existing buildings/structures, site clearance and excavation; - Construction of buildings to provide residential dwellings (Class C3) and flexible commercial, business and service space (Class E); - Construction of buildings to provide purpose built student accommodation including associated amenity and ancillary space, flexible commercial, business, service and community spaces within Classes E/F2(b) (Sui Generis); and - Provision of associated car and cycle parking, open space and landscaping, means of access and highway alterations, installation of plant and utilities and all other associated ancillary works incidental to the development)". The non-material amendments sought by 26/AP/0377 are: - Change of tenure of the 75 consented dwellings in Building C from Shared Ownership to Social Rent; - Relocation of the consented basement at Building A to Building B; - Re-sizing of the consented basement at Building D; - Changes across all four buildings to the circulation core arrangements, as well as the size and layout of the internal communal amenity facilities, cycle storage facilities, refuse stores and ancillary facilities; - Reconfiguration of the consented rooftops, affecting the rooftop plant areas, the shared communal amenity spaces, and the extent and nature of greening; - Changes to the consented elevations (including small reductions in the overall height) of Buildings A, B, C and D; - Adjustments to the layouts of the consented Class C3 homes, including in some instances the associated balconies; - Adjustments to the distribution of the consented wheelchair Class C3 homes; and - Removal/changes to some legal obligations, including the Healthcare Facility and the Early Stage Viability Review trigger timeframe.

  6 Feb 2026 Conditions