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Railway Arch 896 Holyrood Street London Southwark SE1 2EL

Awaiting decision Southwark 25/AP/2623 Approval of Details

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Proposal

Details of Condition 3 and 4 - Construction Method Statement as required by planning permission 25/AP/1152 dated 11/07/2025 for Variation of Condition 1 of planning permission ref. 23/AP/0370 dated 15/04/2025 for Change of use of Arches 895, 896, 897, 898 and 899 to Sui Generis (public houses, wine bars, or drinking establishments (and with expanded food provision), use class E(a) Display or retail sale of goods, other than hot food; use class E(b) Sale of food and drink for consumption (mostly) on the premises; use class E(d) Indoor sport, recreation or fitness (not involving motorised vehicles or firearms or use as a swimming pool or skating rink); use class E(g)(i) Offices to carry out any operational or administrative processes (which can be carried out in a residential area without detriment to amenity) and use class E(g)(iii) Industrial processes (which can be carried out in a residential area without detriment to amenity) and external alterations to the front facade treatments and the footway and drop kerbs.' The amendment seeks to make changes to the external façade treatment of the arches.

As published by the council, reference 25/AP/2623

Application record

Reference
25/AP/2623
Type
Approval of Details
Status
Under consideration/assessment
Received
12 Sep 2025
Validated
15 Sep 2025
Ward
London Bridge & West Bermondsey
Parish
Bermondsey And Rotherhithe
Postcode
SE1 2EL

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 12 Sep 2025

    Received by Southwark

  2. 15 Sep 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 10 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 10 November 2025, 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.

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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 condition discharge and variation applications in a median of 49 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.

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