Planning application
Ground Floor Flat 54 Gibbon Road London Southwark SE15 3XE
Works: New dwelling
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Certificate of lawfulness for the existing use of the ground floor of the property as 3 self-contained flats.
As published by the council, reference 26/AP/1530
Application record
- Reference
- 26/AP/1530
- Type
- Certificate of Lawful Dev. - Existing
- Status
- Refused
- Decision
- Refused As published: Certificate of Lawfulness Exist- REFUSED
- Received
- 27 May 2026
- Validated
- 28 May 2026
- Decided
- 10 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Nunhead & Queens Road
- Parish
- Peckham And Nunhead
- Decision by
- Source Team
- Postcode
- SE15 3XE
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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27 May 2026
Received by Southwark
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28 May 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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10 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Certificate of Lawfulness Exist- REFUSED
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25 Jul 2026
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SAM Planning Services Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy
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23 documents on file for this application
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Southwark refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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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