DISTRICT

SE15 · Peckham & Nunhead

Borough coverage

SE15 runs from Rye Lane Peckham to the Nunhead Cemetery and Holly Grove conservation areas. Much of the terrace stock outside the conservation areas keeps permitted development rights, while Southwark's pub-protection Article 4 directions cluster around the high streets, not the houses.

Boroughs
Lewisham, Southwark
Wards spanned
9
Centre
51.4728, -0.0656
Southwark conservation areas
55

Location data: postcodes.io · Constraints: planning.data.gov.uk (borough-level) · Open Government Licence

Constraint context · Southwark

Real · planning.data.gov.uk

Southwark has 55 designated conservation areas and 371 Article 4 areas. A district is too coarse to say which apply to your house — postcode districts span many streets and SE15 crosses 2 boroughs. Enter a full postcode below for the point-level check, or read the full borough picture on the Southwark planning guide.

CONSERVATION

Is SE15 in a conservation area?

Partly — and which part matters. A postcode district is never uniformly designated: SE15 contains 10 conservation areas within 1km of its centre, and whether your own property sits inside one decides whether permitted development survives. The centre point of SE15 itself does not fall inside one — but many of its streets will.

Camberwell GroveNearby
Caroline GardensNearby
Holly GroveNearby
Kentish Drovers and Bird in BushNearby
LiveseyNearby
Nunhead GreenNearby
Peckham Hill StreetNearby
Rye Lane PeckhamNearby
Sceaux GardensNearby
Telegraph HillNearby

Conservation areas whose official geometry lies within 1km of the centre of SE15. Source: planning.data.gov.uk · Open Government Licence. Proximity to the district centre is not a statement about your own address — run the address check for that.

ARTICLE 4

Does an Article 4 direction apply in SE15?

Yes — SE15 has 44 Article 4 directions mapped within 1km of its centre. An Article 4 direction withdraws specific permitted-development rights on the streets it covers, which is the most common reason a project that looks like permitted development turns out to need a full application. The centre point of SE15 does not fall inside one, but coverage is street-level — verify your own address.

ASYLUM TAVERNNearby
Carlton TavernNearby
Clayton Arms (formerly Dolls House)Nearby
Duke of SussexNearby
Hollydale TavernNearby
John The UnicornNearby
Kentish DroversNearby
Nunhead Local Town CentreNearby
Old Kent Road South District Town CentreNearby
Old Nuns HeadNearby
Peckham Major Town CentreNearby
PRINCE ALBERTNearby
Protected shopping frontage SF1: PeckhamNearby
Protected shopping frontage SF27: Peckham Park Road and Old Kent RoadNearby
Protected shopping frontage SF30: PeckhamNearby
Protected shopping frontage SF31: Queen's RoadNearby
Protected shopping frontage SF32: Bellenden RoadNearby
Protected shopping frontage SF34: Evelina Road, Nunhead Green and Kirkwood RoadNearby
Protected shopping frontage SF51: Nunhead Grove and Nunhead LaneNearby
PYROTECHNISTS ARMSNearby
Railway ArchesNearby
Site allocation NSP69: Devon Street and Sylvan GroveNearby
Site allocation NSP71: 760, 812 Old Kent Road (Toys’r’us store), and 840 Old Kent Road (Aldi store)Nearby
Site allocation NSP72: 684-698 Old Kent Road (Kwikfit garage)Nearby
Site allocation NSP74: Aylesham Centre and Peckham Bus StationNearby
Site allocation NSP75: Blackpool Road Business ParkNearby
Site allocation NSP76: Land between the railway arches (east of Rye Lane including railway arches)Nearby
Site allocation NSP77: Copeland Industrial Park and 1-27 Bournemouth RoadNearby
Small HMO Northern ExtensionNearby
Telegraph HillNearby
The Beer RebellionNearby
The Beer Shop LondonNearby
The Copper Tap at the Red CowNearby
THE GOLDEN ANCHORNearby
THE GREYHOUNDNearby
The HopeNearby
THE KENTISH DROVERSNearby
THE MONTPELIERNearby
THE NAGS HEADNearby
THE OLDE APPLE TREENearby
The RyeNearby
THE WHITE HORSENearby
Victoria InnNearby
WindsorNearby

Article 4 directions whose official geometry lies within 1km of the centre of SE15. Source: planning.data.gov.uk · Open Government Licence. The national dataset omits some property-specific directions — the council register is always definitive.

Every designation in the borough: Southwark planning guide →

ROUTE

Do you need planning permission in SE15?

Three routes exist, and which one you are on is decided by your address, not your postcode district:

Permitted development — no application. The work stays inside the GPDO limits and no designation removes them. A Lawful Development Certificate is cheap proof for a future buyer.No permission
Prior approval — the larger single-storey rear extension route, with neighbour consultation. Not available on designated land.42 days
Full householder application — required once a designation removes your permitted-development right, or the scheme exceeds the limits.8 weeks

SE15 contains mapped conservation-area or Article 4 geometry, so a meaningful share of its streets will have lost some permitted-development rights — which pushes those properties onto the full-application route. Whether yours is one of them is an address-level question, not a district-level one.

FEES

What does planning permission cost in SE15?

Householder planning application£548 (from 1 April 2026)
Lawful Development Certificate — proposed works£274 (half the application fee)
Lawful Development Certificate — existing works£548 (the full application fee)
Listed building consentNo fee
Resubmission after a refusalFree once, within 12 months of the decision

National statutory figures for England — councils do not set them, so they are the same in every borough. Planning fees re-index every 1 April; confirm the current amount on the Planning Portal fee calculator before you apply. These are the council's fees only — drawings, surveys and any specialist reports are separate.

TIME

How long does it take?

Householder application — statutory target8 weeks
Householder application — in practice8–12 weeks
Prior approval (larger home extension)42 days
Lawful Development Certificate8 weeks
Householder appeal — deadline to lodge12 weeks from the decision date
Householder appeal — typical decisionAround 18 weeks
REFUSED

What if it's refused?

A refusal is a decision notice with reasons attached, and those reasons are a roadmap. Most homeowners in Southwark — as anywhere in England — are better served by amending the scheme and using the free resubmission than by appealing: you get one further application on the same site within 12 months without paying again.

Who can appealThe applicant only — not neighbours
Fee to appealNone — you bear your own costs
ProcedureWritten representations for most householder appeals
Success rateRoughly a third — about 36% of householder appeals allowed in 2025/26

Appeals go to the Planning Inspectorate, an independent national body. How to read a refusal and choose your route →

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