South Bermondsey Depot Rotherhithe New Road SE16 3LL

This site has had 2 applications since 2023: 1 approved, 0 refused.

• 23/AP/2024 Granted

  South Bermondsey Depot Rotherhithe New Road SE16 3LL

  Prior approval notification for erection of a four-storey maintenance depot unit and one storey works supervision cabin under Schedule 2, Part 18, Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Order) 2015.

  Decided 13 Oct 2023 Prior approval

1. 17 Nov 2025

   Received by Southwark

2. 20 Nov 2025

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 10 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 15 January 2026, 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.

This application is with Southwark for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Southwark decided prior approval applications in a median of 47 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.

• Units 22 To 26B Bermondsey Trading Estate Rotherhithe New Road London Southwark SE16 3LL

  26/AP/0251 Submitted 28 Jan 2026 50 yards away

  External alterations to Units 22-26b, including installation of new cladding and photovoltaic panels

  Granted Full applications 20 docs

• Land North Of Bolina Road Jarrow Road South Bermondsey, Southwark SE16 3JR

  24/AP/3227 Submitted 30 Oct 2024 100 yards away

  95% historically approved · decision due ~22 Jan

  Installation and use of a ready-mix concrete batching plant, associated cement and water storage silos, stores, hardstanding and associated infrastructure

  Withdrawn

• Railway Arches Corbetts Lane And Silwood Street London Southwark SE16

  22/AP/3026 Submitted 30 Aug 2022 100 yards away

  Refurbishment and external alterations of the existing railway arches to provide flexible industrial uses (Use Class B2/ B8/ E(g)(iii)), together with provision of associated bin stores, cycle parking and turning head.

  Granted Full applications 65 docs
  Major scheme

• Railway Arches Corbetts Lane And Silwood Street London Southwark SE16

  25/AP/3790 Submitted 23 Dec 2025 100 yards away

  Details of Condition 5 'Construction Logistics Plan' required by planning permission 22/AP/3026, which gave consent for: "Refurbishment and external alterations of the existing railway arches to provide flexible industrial uses (Use Class B2/ B8/ E(g)(iii)), together with provision of associated bin stores, cycle parking and turning head".

  Granted Conditions 8 docs

• Railway Arches Corbetts Lane And Silwood Street London Southwark SE16

  25/AP/3789 Submitted 23 Dec 2025 100 yards away

  Details of Condition 4 'Joint Condition Survey' required by planning permission 22/AP/3026, which gave consent for: "Refurbishment and external alterations of the existing railway arches to provide flexible industrial uses (Use Class B2/ B8/ E(g)(iii)), together with provision of associated bin stores, cycle parking and turning head".

  Granted Conditions 9 docs

• Railway Arches Corbetts Lane And Silwood Street London Southwark SE16

  25/AP/3788 Submitted 23 Dec 2025 100 yards away

  Partial discharge, parts a) and b) of Condition 3 'Tree Protection' required by planning permission 22/AP/3026, which gave consent for Refurbishment and external alterations of the existing railway arches to provide flexible industrial uses (Use Class B2/ B8/ E(g)(iii)), together with provision of associated bin stores, cycle parking and turning head.

  Granted Conditions Trees 6 docs

• 26/AP/1825 Granted

  Arch 622-626 St James Road And Single Storey Extension On Bombay Street Bermondsey London SE16 4RA

  Prior approval for the demolition of a single storey brick building spanning the southern/western side of Arch 622-626.

  Received 23 Jun, published by the council 25 Jul 2026 Prior approval
• 26/AP/1785 Withdrawn

  65 Grove Hill Road London Southwark SE5 8DF

  Prior approval for addition of a second-story extension to the existing terrace to match the same height as adjoining property

  Received 19 Jun, published by the council 25 Jul 2026 Prior approval
• 26/AP/1562 Granted

  1 London Bridge London Southwark SE1 9BG

  Prior approval notification (Schedule 2, Part 14, Class J) for installation of anti-glare photovoltaic panels on the plant room roofs of the East and West towers of 1 London Bridge.

  Received 1 Jun, published by the council 25 Jul 2026 Prior approval
• 26/AP/1717 Refused

  296 Walworth Road London Southwark SE17 2TE

  Prior approval for change of use of the second floor from commercial, business and service (Use Class E) to residential (Use Class C3) to create 1 self-contained flat under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class G of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).

  Received 15 Jun, published by the council 25 Jul 2026 Prior approval
• 26/AP/2300 Awaiting decision

  Second Floor 48 - 50 Denmark Hill London Southwark SE5 8RZ

  Prior approval notification for the change of use from office (Use Class E) to two flats (Use Class C3)

  Received 31 Jul, published by the council 9 Aug 2026 Prior approval