®Planning appeal decision
Unit 3, Penarth Centre , Penarth Street, London, SE15 1TR
Planning appeal 3317034 at Unit 3, Penarth Centre , Penarth Street, London, SE15 1TR (London Borough of Southwark) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 4 August 2025 by Inspector Thompson F, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the use on the availability of strategic industrial land and employment floorspace.
without planning permission, the material change of use of the Land to a mixed use of place of worship and events space ( sui generis use class)
- Authority
- London Borough of Southwark
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- community-institutional · Change of use
- Inspector
- Thompson F
- Postcode
- SE15 1TR
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the use on the availability of strategic industrial land and employment floorspace
- The effect of the use on the amenity of neighbouring occupiers with particular regard to noise and disturbance
- The effect of the use on highway safety
- The effect of the use on fire safety
What decided it
The use results in the loss of strategic protected industrial land and employment floorspace contrary to Policies P29 and P30 of the Southwark Plan and Policies SD1, E4 and E5 of the London Plan 2021, which cannot be outweighed by other material considerations.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy P29 Southwark PlanPolicy P30 Southwark PlanPolicy 18 Southwark PlanPolicy 56 Southwark PlanPolicy 66 Southwark PlanPolicy 50 Southwark PlanPolicy SD1 London Plan 2021Policy E4 London Plan 2021Policy E5 London Plan 2021Policy T2 London Plan 2021Policy T4 London Plan 2021Policy D12 London Plan 2021
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
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The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.