Skip to content
PlanIndex Get alerts
Menu

Planning application

57 - 61 Union Street London Southwark SE1 1SG

Granted Southwark 26/AP/1733 Approval of Details

Works: Extension Demolition

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Details of Condition 13 (Hard and Soft Landscaping) as required by planning permission ref. 24/AP/3719 'Partial demolition of existing dilapidated structures within the curtilage of a listed building, installation of entrance gate between 57-59 Union Street, and associated facade repair work to the front and rear elevations of no. 59-61 Union Street. Erection of two four storey buildings, and an upwards extension to no. 57 Union Street to provide nine residential units, amenity space, refuse and bike stores, external plant, and external landscaping'.

As published by the council, reference 26/AP/1733

Application record

Reference
26/AP/1733
Type
Approval of Details
Status
Granted
Decision
AOD - Granted
Received
16 Jun 2026
Validated
17 Jun 2026
Decided
30 Jul 2026
Ward
Borough & Bankside
Parish
Borough, Bankside And Walworth
Decision by
Source Team
Postcode
SE1 1SG

Site history

Applications at this address on the Southwark register

This site has had 16 applications since 2025: 4 approved, 3 refused.

  • 26/AP/2558 Awaiting decision

    57 -61 Union Street London Southwark SE1 1SG

    Alterations to the Grade II listed building at 59-61 Union Street comprising adaptation of the existing roof space to provide additional office accommodation; formation of a stair from second-floor level ,erection of a rear dormer; localised alterations to the roof structure; installation of glazed screens, partitions and balustrading; introduction of glazing to the existing roof hatch and associated works.

    Submitted 28 Aug 2026
  • 26/AP/2559 Awaiting decision

    57-61 Union Street London Southwark SE1 1SG

    Listed building consent for alterations to the Grade II listed building at 59-61 Union Street comprising adaptation of the existing roof space to provide additional office accommodation; formation of a stair from second-floor level; erection of a rear dormer; localised alterations to the roof structure; installation of glazed screens, partitions and balustrading; introduction of glazing to the existing roof hatch; and associated works.

    Submitted 28 Aug 2026
  • 26/AP/1977 Awaiting decision

    57 - 61 Union Street London Southwark SE1 1SG

    Details of condition 15 'Bat Boxes' pursuant to planning permission 24/AP/3719 'Partial demolition of existing dilapidated structures within the curtilage of a listed building, installation of entrance gate between 57-59 Union Street, and associated facade repair work to the front and rear elevations of no. 59-61 Union Street. Erection of two four storey buildings, and an upwards extension to no. 57 Union Street to provide nine residential units, amenity space, refuse and bike stores, external plant, and external landscaping.'

    Submitted 7 Jul 2026 Conditions
  • 26/AP/1876 Granted

    57 - 61 Union Street London Southwark SE1 1SG

    Details of Condition 14 (Screening Panels) as required by planning permission ref. 24/AP/3719 'Partial demolition of existing dilapidated structures within the curtilage of a listed building, installation of entrance gate between 57-59 Union Street, and associated facade repair work to the front and rear elevations of no. 59-61 Union Street. Erection of two four storey buildings, and an upwards extension to no. 57 Union Street to provide nine residential units, amenity space, refuse and bike stores, external plant, and external landscaping'.

    Decided 18 Aug 2026 Conditions
  • 26/AP/1802 Awaiting decision

    57-61 Union Street London Southwark SE1 1SG

    Partial discharge of conditions 12 (d) (Parapet details) requiried by planning permission ref no. 24/AP/3719 for Partial demolition of existing dilapidated structures within the curtilage of a listed building, installation of entrance gate between 57-59 Union Street, and associated facade repair work to the front and rear elevations of no. 59-61 Union Street. Erection of two four storey buildings, and an upwards extension to no. 57 Union Street to provide nine residential units, amenity space, refuse and bike stores, external plant, and external landscaping.

    Submitted 22 Jun 2026 Conditions
  • 26/AP/0733 Decided

    57-61 Union Street London Southwark SE1 1SG

    Non material amendment to planning permission ref no. 24/AP/3719 NMA sought: The amendment sought relates to the removal of the previously approved lift shaft from the building core.

    Decided 7 Apr 2026 Conditions
  • 26/AP/0708 Withdrawn

    57 - 61 Union Street London Southwark SE1 1SG

    Alterations and extension to the existing mixed-use building including the formation of a mansard roof at No's. 59 -61, external alterations to the front and rear elevations and internal reconfiguration, including change of use of the ground floor at No. 57 from commercial to residential.

    Decided 16 Jun 2026 Full applications
  • 26/AP/0709 Refused

    57 - 61 Union Street London Southwark SE1 1SG

    Listed building consent for alterations and extension to the existing mixed-use building including the formation of a mansard roof at Nos. 59 and 61, external alterations to the front and rear elevations and internal reconfiguration, including change of use of the ground floor at No. 57 from commercial to residential.

    Decided 12 Jun 2026 Heritage and listed buildings
  • 26/AP/0646 Awaiting decision

    57-61 Union Street London Southwark SE1 1SG

    Details of condition 12 'Detailed drawings' required by planning permission ref no. 24/AP/3719

    Submitted 4 Mar 2026 Conditions
  • 26/AP/0440 Refused

    57 - 61 Union Street London Southwark SE1 1SG

    Details of condition 6a and b (Acoustic Predictions And Mitigation Measures Report) as required by planning permission ref. 24/AP/3719 dated 14/01/2026 for 'Partial demolition of existing dilapidated structures within the curtilage of a listed building, installation of entrance gate between 57-59 Union Street, and associated facade repair work to the front and rear elevations of no. 59-61 Union Street. Erection of two four storey buildings, and an upwards extension to no. 57 Union Street to provide nine residential units, amenity space, refuse and bike stores, external plant, and external landscaping.'

    Decided 23 Jul 2026 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 16 Jun 2026

    Received by Southwark

  2. 17 Jun 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 25 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. 30 Jul 2026

    Decision issued: AOD - Granted

  5. 9 Aug 2026

    Status changed to Granted

    Previously Under consideration/assessment.

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

hgh Consulting Ltd Agent

352 applications on PlanIndex · across 37 councils · 88% granted

Trade members see everything this firm has filed, how it was decided, and get an email the day it files again.

See their track record

Documents

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

13 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.

Trade members open them from here.

Open the documents

What this grant of permission means

Southwark granted permission on 30 July 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About condition discharge and variation applications

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.

Nearby applications

Within 500 metres

  • 57-61 Union Street London Southwark SE1 1SG

    26/AP/0646 Submitted 4 Mar 2026 0m away

    96% historically approved · decision due ~30 Apr

    Details of condition 12 'Detailed drawings' required by planning permission ref no. 24/AP/3719

    Awaiting decision Conditions 6 docs
  • 57 - 61 Union Street London Southwark SE1 1SG

    26/AP/0341 Submitted 4 Feb 2026 0m away

    Details of Condition 4 Part A -Site Contamination as required by full planning permission 24/AP/3719. dated 14/01/2026 for Partial demolition of existing dilapidated structures within the curtilage of a listed building, installation of entrance gate between 57-59 Union Street, and associated facade repair work to the front and rear elevations of no. 59-61 Union Street. Erection of two four storey buildings, and an upwards extension to no. 57 Union Street to provide nine residential units, amenity space, refuse and bike stores, external plant, and external landscaping.

    Granted Conditions Extension Demolition 7 docs
  • 57 - 61 Union Street London Southwark SE1 1SG

    26/AP/0440 Submitted 13 Feb 2026 0m away

    Details of condition 6a and b (Acoustic Predictions And Mitigation Measures Report) as required by planning permission ref. 24/AP/3719 dated 14/01/2026 for 'Partial demolition of existing dilapidated structures within the curtilage of a listed building, installation of entrance gate between 57-59 Union Street, and associated facade repair work to the front and rear elevations of no. 59-61 Union Street. Erection of two four storey buildings, and an upwards extension to no. 57 Union Street to provide nine residential units, amenity space, refuse and bike stores, external plant, and external landscaping.'

    Refused Conditions Extension Demolition 10 docs
  • 57-61 Union Street London Southwark SE1 1SG

    26/AP/0407 Submitted 11 Feb 2026 0m away

    Details of condition 5a and b (Acoustic Predictions And Mitigation Measures Report) as required by planning permission ref. 24/AP/3719 dated 14/01/2026 for 'Partial demolition of existing dilapidated structures within the curtilage of a listed building, installation of entrance gate between 57-59 Union Street, and associated facade repair work to the front and rear elevations of no. 59-61 Union Street. Erection of two four storey buildings, and an upwards extension to no. 57 Union Street to provide nine residential units, amenity space, refuse and bike stores, external plant, and external landscaping.'

    Refused Conditions Extension Demolition 10 docs
  • 57 - 61 Union Street London Southwark SE1 1SG

    26/AP/1977 Submitted 7 Jul 2026 0m away

    96% historically approved · decision due ~2 Sep

    Details of condition 15 'Bat Boxes' pursuant to planning permission 24/AP/3719 'Partial demolition of existing dilapidated structures within the curtilage of a listed building, installation of entrance gate between 57-59 Union Street, and associated facade repair work to the front and rear elevations of no. 59-61 Union Street. Erection of two four storey buildings, and an upwards extension to no. 57 Union Street to provide nine residential units, amenity space, refuse and bike stores, external plant, and external landscaping.'

    Awaiting decision Conditions Extension Demolition 4 docs
  • 57-61 Union Street London Southwark SE1 1SG

    26/AP/0733 Submitted 12 Mar 2026 0m away

    Non material amendment to planning permission ref no. 24/AP/3719 NMA sought: The amendment sought relates to the removal of the previously approved lift shaft from the building core.

    Decided Conditions 18 docs

In Southwark

  • 26/AP/1592 Granted

    Aylesbury Estate Land Bounded By Albany Road Portland Street Bagshot Street Alvey Street East Street And Dawes Street London SE17

    Deed of variation to amend Schedule 3, paragraph 16 (Car Club Scheme) in relation to Plot 18 / Development Phase 2A of the section 106 agreement attached to planning permission ref. 14/AP/3844 date 05.08.2015 for 'Demolition of existing buildings and redevelopment to provide a mixed use development comprising a number of buildings ranging between 2 to 20 storeys in height (9.45m - 72.2m AOD), providing 830 residential dwellings (Class C3); flexible community use, early years facility (Class D1) or gym (Class D2); public and private open space; formation of new accesses and alterations to existing accesses; energy centre; gas pressure reduction station; associated car and cycle parking and associated works.'

    4 Jun 2026 Conditions
  • 26/AP/1296 Granted

    Castle Service Station 100-114 Walworth Road London Southwark SE17

    Variation of legal agreement ref. 02/AP/1290, to modify Clause 12 of the S106 Agreement (to widen occupation of the property outside of term time to enable non-student occupancy for a maximum of 13 weeks).

    6 May 2026 Conditions
  • 26/AP/1611 Granted

    Coburg House 63-67 Newington Causeway London Southwark SE1 6LS

    Partial discharge of of condition 10 (London Underground Infrastructure) ' Demolition phase only' required by planning permission ref no. 24/AP/3621

    5 Jun 2026 Conditions
  • 26/AP/2131 Granted

    22-24 Southwark Bridge Road London Southwark SE1 9HB

    Details of condition 7 (Noise Monitoring Report) as required by planning permission ref: 25/AP/3515 dated 18/05/2026 for 'Partial demolition of 22 and 24 Southwark Bridge Road and redevelopment of site comprising the erection of an 18 storey building to accommodate a hotel use with associated amenity spaces (Class C1) with flexible cultural use (Sui Generis) at ground floor level, associated cycle parking, landscaping, access and servicing, plant and equipment and all other associated works'.

    20 Jul 2026 Conditions
  • 26/AP/1984 Granted

    Surrey Quays Railway Station Lower Road London Southwark SE16 2UE

    Details of condition 7 'Delivery and servicing management plan' required by planning permission ref no. 23/AP/3557 (dated 4th April 2024) 'Variation of Condition 1 (Approved Plans) pursuant to planning permission 22/AP/1802 for 'Approval of Reserved Matters (pursuant to Outline planning permission 20/AP/3744) for the erection of a new canopy related to a future northern entrance to Surrey Quays Station fronting onto Deal Porters Way and the change of use of land adjacent to 181 Lower Road to operational railway land with the erection of a new single storey building containing back of house facilities to enable the development of step-free access and stairs to platform level (this application is to be read in conjunction with Prior Approval Application 23/AP/3594). The amendments include the following: Entrance canopy redesign, Back Of House layout changes, Back Of House external changes and Landscape amendments'. The wording of condition 7 was amended via s96a application (25/AP/2953) dated 10/11/2025

    8 Jul 2026 Conditions