The Planning Committee (Major Applications) A of Southwark Council met on Wednesday 12 June 2024 to discuss several significant planning applications, including the redevelopment of 1-7 Stamford Street and land at 18 Blackfriars Road. The committee granted planning permission and listed building consent for the project, subject to conditions and legal agreements.

1-7 Stamford Street and 18 Blackfriars Road Redevelopment

The committee reviewed the full planning application and listed building consent for the redevelopment of 1-7 Stamford Street and land at 18 Blackfriars Road, bounded by Stamford Street, Paris Garden, and Christ Church Gardens, London SE1 8NY. The proposal includes:

• Partial demolition to the rear of 1 and 3-7 Stamford Street.
• Erection of a ground plus three-storey podium comprising retail, leisure, office, education, gallery, library, and assembly room uses.
• Two levels of basement for servicing, plant, car and cycle parking, and pit access within a partial basement at level three.
• Two residential buildings of 22 and 40 storeys above the podium.
• An office building of 44 storeys above the podium.
• Improvements to the existing public house.
• Landscaping at ground and podium levels.
• Replacement boundary at the southern edge of the site.
• Plant and all other associated, enabling, and ancillary works.

The listed building consent involves the demolition of the rear extension at 3-7 Stamford Street, removal of roof-level plant and modern elements at 1 and 3-7 Stamford Street, and internal and external renovations and alterations, including the replacement of windows and works to connect the listed buildings with a ground floor glazed infill.

Discussion and Decision

The committee heard an introduction to the report and the addendum report from the officers. Members asked questions and discussed the applications in detail. There were no objectors present, but the applicant’s representatives and a supporter living within 100 metres of the development site addressed the committee. Councillor Victor Chamberlain also spoke in his capacity as a ward councillor.

The committee instructed officers to ensure that the establishment of a liaison group with residents was included in the construction environmental management plan. A motion to grant planning permission and listed building consent was moved, seconded, put to the vote, and declared carried.

The committee resolved to grant planning permission subject to the conditions set out in the report, the applicant entering into an appropriate legal agreement, and referral to the Mayor of London. Following the issue of planning permission, the director of planning and growth will notify the Secretary of State and place a statement on the statutory register. The listed building consent was also granted subject to conditions and a legal agreement.

For more details, you can refer to the minutes of the meeting.