Where in Southwark does a scheme inside an Article 4 area actually get determined?
Every Southwark district on our books, the housing that fills it, and which authority takes an application from it. Fees quoted are 2026 statutory England rates. On the value side of the question: the Land Registry price-paid file records 3,093 Southwark sales in 2025 at a median of £540,000, down 3.6% on the £560,000 median of the year before. Contains HM Land Registry data (c) Crown copyright and database right 2026
| Postcode | Area | Dominant stock | What it means for a scheme inside an Article 4 area |
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| SE1 | Bermondsey / Borough / Waterloo | Georgian terraces, post-war flats, new-build | SE1 reaches from Bermondsey across Borough to Waterloo, crossing into Lambeth on the way, so which council determines an application here is a street-level question. |
| SE5 | Camberwell | Georgian villas, Victorian terraces | SE5 is Camberwell, shared with Lambeth along its western edge. The address decides the authority, and it is worth checking rather than assuming. |
| SE15 | Peckham / Nunhead | Victorian terraces, post-war estates | Peckham and Nunhead sit inside SE15, which is wholly Southwark, so applications from that district are validated here. |
| SE16 | Bermondsey / Rotherhithe | Warehouse conversions, Georgian terraces, new-build | SE16 covers Bermondsey and Rotherhithe entirely within the borough, making Southwark the determining authority throughout it. |
| SE17 | Walworth | Post-war estates, new-build towers | SE17 covers Walworth only; Southwark Council handles the scheme inside an Article 4 area. |
| SE21 | Dulwich Village | Georgian villas, Edwardian villas (Dulwich Estate) | SE21 is Dulwich Village, and the Lambeth boundary runs through it, so confirm which of the two councils takes the application before drawings are issued. |
| SE22 | East Dulwich | Victorian and Edwardian terraces | East Dulwich sits wholly inside SE22, so Southwark Council validates every scheme inside an Article 4 area submitted from an SE22 address. |
| SE24 | Herne Hill | Victorian villas, Edwardian terraces | Herne Hill is split at SE24. Either Lambeth Council or Southwark Council can determine a scheme inside an Article 4 area here, so the SE24 address is checked against both policies maps first. |
What changes about a scheme inside an Article 4 area in each part of Southwark?
Pitch, wall construction and how far the garden runs all shift between one Southwark street and the next, and each of them caps what a design at that address can achieve.
- Borough (SE1) — scheme inside an Article 4 area work in Borough means georgian and victorian terraces, warehouse conversions. Borough is Georgian and Victorian terraces, market quarter. Applications on Georgian stock here almost always need a heritage statement alongside the drawings throughout SE1. Southwark Council decides the Borough application, and Borough Market anchors the Borough location plan.
- Camberwell (SE5) — a scheme inside an Article 4 area in Camberwell starts from georgian villas, victorian terraces, and Camberwell reads as Georgian villas, Victorian terraces. Applications on Georgian stock here almost always need a heritage statement alongside the drawings in SE5. Southwark Council assesses Camberwell scheme inside an Article 4 areas against its own Camberwell character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Camberwell references Camberwell Green.
- Peckham (SE15) — a scheme inside an Article 4 area in Peckham starts from victorian terraces, post-war estates, and Peckham reads as Victorian terraces, creative renewal. Most applications on these Victorian streets are householder applications validated on existing and proposed plans in SE15. Southwark Council assesses Peckham scheme inside an Article 4 areas against its own Peckham character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Peckham references Peckham Rye.
- Dulwich Village (SE21) — Georgian and Edwardian villas, Estate-managed defines Dulwich Village, where georgian villas, edwardian villas (dulwich estate) set what a scheme inside an Article 4 area can do. Applications on Georgian stock here almost always need a heritage statement alongside the drawings across SE21. Any Dulwich Village scheme inside an Article 4 area is validated by Southwark Council, with Dulwich Picture Gallery the usual Dulwich Village reference point on the site plan.
- East Dulwich (SE22) — scheme inside an Article 4 area work in East Dulwich means victorian and edwardian terraces. East Dulwich is Victorian and Edwardian terraces. Most applications on these Victorian streets are householder applications validated on existing and proposed plans throughout SE22. Southwark Council decides the East Dulwich application, and Lordship Lane anchors the East Dulwich location plan.
- Rotherhithe (SE16) — scheme inside an Article 4 area work in Rotherhithe means warehouse conversions, post-war estates, new-build. Rotherhithe is warehouse conversions, riverside. Post-war stock here frequently sits inside an estate layout throughout SE16. Southwark Council decides the Rotherhithe application, and Surrey Quays anchors the Rotherhithe location plan.
- Elephant and Castle (SE1, SE17) — scheme inside an Article 4 area work in Elephant and Castle means post-war estates, new-build towers. Elephant and Castle is regenerated quarter, modernist origins. Post-war stock here frequently sits inside an estate layout throughout SE1. Southwark Council decides the Elephant and Castle application, and Elephant and Castle station anchors the Elephant and Castle location plan.
What local planning policy applies to a scheme inside an Article 4 area in Southwark?
Southwark conservation designations: there are 43 on Southwark Council’s own list, Dulwich Village, Peckham Rye, Borough among them. Designation costs a Southwark owner the permitted-development route: a scheme inside an Article 4 area then needs a £548 householder application over 8 weeks, in place of the £249 prior approval route that takes 6 weeks. Bermondsey Street is the Southwark designation that most often changes a scheme inside an Article 4 area design.
Southwark and Article 4: Article 4 for HMOs borough-wide; additional Article 4 for office-to-residential in Bermondsey and Elephant & Castle. A scheme inside an Article 4 area planned at a SE1 address is checked against that direction first; Southwark Council publishes the Southwark extent, and the SE1 line rarely follows the Southwark boundary you would expect.
What Southwark is built from: Georgian and Regency in Bermondsey and Borough; Victorian terraces in Camberwell and Peckham; Dulwich Estate controlled housing; riverside new-build. Dulwich Estate private planning scheme affects much of SE21 and SE22; Southwark planning for rest of borough; strong heritage context. That mix decides the scheme inside an Article 4 area route in Southwark more than the postcode does.
What happens if a Southwark property sits on a boundary?
- Bromley — cross the Southwark boundary and Bromley Council takes the scheme inside an Article 4 area instead, applying 48 conservation areas of its own around BR1. We re-price scheme inside an Article 4 areas at the Southwark edge because Bromley policy and Southwark policy rarely align on scheme inside an Article 4 area depth.
- Tower Hamlets — adjoining Southwark, with 58 conservation areas centred on E1. A scheme inside an Article 4 area on the far side of the Southwark line is determined by Tower Hamlets Council, so the Southwark quote for scheme inside an Article 4 areas is checked against Tower Hamlets guidance before it is issued.
- City of London — cross the Southwark boundary and City of London Corporation takes the scheme inside an Article 4 area instead, applying 27 conservation areas of its own around EC1. We re-price scheme inside an Article 4 areas at the Southwark edge because City of London policy and Southwark policy rarely align on scheme inside an Article 4 area depth.
- Lambeth — cross the Southwark boundary and Lambeth Council takes the scheme inside an Article 4 area instead, applying 64 conservation areas of its own around SE1. We re-price scheme inside an Article 4 areas at the Southwark edge because Lambeth policy and Southwark policy rarely align on scheme inside an Article 4 area depth.
Sources for this Southwark scheme inside an Article 4 area page: borough policies maps and
conservation-area registers (2025–26), Royal Mail postcode district boundaries,
the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications) (England) Regulations, the Town
and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 as amended,
and the Party Wall etc. Act 1996.
