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12 Grove Lane London Southwark SE5 8SY

Awaiting decision Southwark 25/AP/2760 Certificate of Lawful Dev. - Existing

Works: New dwelling

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

Proposal

Certificate of lawful development (existing) for retrospective planning permission for use of the existing property as 5no. self-contained residential flats (Use Class C3).

As published by the council, reference 25/AP/2760

Application record

Reference
25/AP/2760
Type
Certificate of Lawful Dev. - Existing
Status
Awaiting decision
Received
24 Sep 2025
Validated
25 Sep 2025
Ward
Camberwell Green
Postcode
SE5 8SY

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 24 Sep 2025

    Received by Southwark

  2. 25 Sep 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 10 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 20 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.

Documents

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

14 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 lawful development applications in a median of 50 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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.

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