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Newington Gardens Harper Road London Southwark SE1

Awaiting decision Southwark 26/AP/2509 Certificate of Lawful Dev. - Proposed

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Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) for improvement works to the playground at Newington Gardens to include the removal of current playground equipment and installation of new accessible equipment.

As published by the council, reference 26/AP/2509

Application record

Reference
26/AP/2509
Type
Certificate of Lawful Dev. - Proposed
Status
Under consideration/assessment
Received
21 Aug 2026
Validated
7 Sep 2026
Ward
Chaucer
Parish
Borough, Bankside And Walworth

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 21 Aug 2026

    Received by Southwark

  2. 7 Sep 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 7 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 2 November 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.

Documents

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

9 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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