Planning application
Flat 7 Bermondsey Exchange 179 - 181 Bermondsey Street London Southwark SE1 3UW
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Certificate of lawfulness (existing) for the use of the property as residential (Class C3)
As published by the council, reference 26/AP/0505
Application record
- Reference
- 26/AP/0505
- Type
- Certificate of Lawful Dev. - Existing
- Status
- Granted
- Decision
- Certificate of Lawfulness Exist- GRANTED
- Received
- 19 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 23 Feb 2026
- Decided
- 1 Apr 2026
- Ward
- London Bridge & West Bermondsey
- Parish
- Bermondsey And Rotherhithe
- Decision by
- Delegated Panel - Simple
- Postcode
- SE1 3UW
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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19 Feb 2026
Received by Southwark
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23 Feb 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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1 Apr 2026
Decision issued: Certificate of Lawfulness Exist- GRANTED
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10 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Agent on file, an architecture practice registered in London
1 application on PlanIndex
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See who's behind itDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
8 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
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Open the documentsWhat a grant of permission means
The process from here
Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.
About lawful development applications
How this application type works
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination, not a planning judgement. It asks the council to confirm either that existing use or works are lawful, often through the passage of time, or that a proposal would not need planning permission at all. The applicant must prove the facts; the merits of the scheme are not considered.
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26/AP/1316 Granted
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Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) to confirm excavation works carried out on the site in the form of trial pits constitute a material operation under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and therefore represent lawful commencement of the approved planning permission 22/AP/0174.
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26/AP/1420 Granted
40 Strathnairn Street London Southwark SE1 5BL
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for construction of a ground floor rear extension and a rear dormer.
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26/AP/1618 Granted
252 Barry Road London Southwark SE22 0JS
Certificate of lawful development (proposed) for the construction of a rear dormer extension.
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26/AP/1577 Granted
Residence Inn By Marriott London Bridge 201-211 Long Lane London SE1 4PN
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for undertaking of facade remedial works to remove combustible cladding materials and replace with a like-for-like non-combustible cladding with no change to the outer aesthetics of the building.
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26/AP/1509 Withdrawn
Railway Arch 101 Rockingham Street London Southwark SE1 6PD
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for confirmation of implementation of planning permission 22/AP/3065: Change of use of the railway arch at 101 Rockingham Street from Use Class B8 (Storage/Distribution) to Use Classes E (Commercial, Business and Service) and F2 (Local Community) and a new glazed facade to the exterior including 2x extractor fans.