Address
150 Spa Road, London SE16 4AU
Local Authority
Southwark
Storeys / height
(Master ACM building list) PART 4 / PART 7 STOREY. From the committee report: ‘a four storey block on the corner of Thurland and Dockley Roads with
(ACM candidates) PART 4 / PART 7 STOREY. From the committee report: ‘a four storey block on the corner of Thurland and Dockley Roads with a SEVEN STOREY BLOCK ON SPA ROAD off-set from the other with the lift core connecting the two’. Above the Spa Road B1 space are SIX FLOORS OF FLATS; above the Thurland Road B1 space are three. OVER 18m: PROBABLE BUT NOT PROVEN - seven storeys with a commercial ground floor would typically reach 20 to 22m, but no metre figure appears anywhere in the report and the elevations are needed to settle it
Cladding
ACM (named in planning application: Replacement of the existing ACM rainscreen cladding system, sub-frame and insulation with a new ACM Class A2 system)
CONSENT IDENTIFIED 17/09/2026: Southwark 09-AP-1874, resolved to grant at Planning Committee on 03/11/2009, start date 26/08/2009. ‘Erection of a part 4/part 7 storey development to provide 409sqm B1 space at ground floor with residential on upper floors comprising of 33 dwellings (6x1 bed, 16x2 bed and 11x3 bed) and 7 car parking spaces at ground floor’. The site is a FORMER ROYAL MAIL SORTING FACILITY, Site L in the Bermondsey Spa Regeneration Area, bounded by Spa Road, Thurland Road, Dockley Road and the National Rail viaduct. RSL partner AFFINITY SUTTON HOUSING ASSOCIATION, whose preferred layouts drove the affordable element. Code for Sustainable Homes Level 3, BREEAM Very Good on the commercial space. PLANNING HISTORY: 08-AP-0058 consented June 2008 (34 flats, decision notice November 2008), superseded by this one; a part 5/part 8 scheme of 48 units was REFUSED in October 2008
Owner / Landlord
Original design architect
NOT FOUND - the committee report names NO architect and no agent, which was checked word by word
Original consent ref/date
Remediation ref/date
(ACM candidates) 18/AP/1620 15/05/2018
(Other remediation) 26/AP/1791
Remediation lead
Litigation
Source / Evidence / Links
- (Master ACM building list) Replacement of the existing ACM rainscreen cladding system, sub-frame and insulation with a new ACM Class A2 system
- (ACM candidates) HIGH on the consent, the form, the storey split and the RSL. NIL on the architect. https://moderngov.southwark.gov.uk/mgAi.aspx?ID=5576 and the committee report at /documents/s5524/Report.pdf . ROUTE LEFT: the application file for 09-AP-1874 or its parent 08-AP-0058 on Southwark’s planning portal, where the design and access statement and the drawing title blocks will carry the practice. The officer describes the scheme as ‘of exemplary design’, so there is an architect to find
- (Other remediation) Southwark portal (primary)
- Confidence: None on original architect
- Workbook source(s): Master ACM building list (row 112); ACM candidates (row 10); Other remediation (row 66)
Additional corroboration (Practices tab)
- PRP Architects - Remediation architect
Basis: Southwark record names PRP directly. Tower Hamlets link is via shared registered address 10 Lindsey Street EC1A 9HP (Companies House OC361169) - probable, not confirmed
(Practices tab, row 74) - PRP - Remediation architect, and buildings in the crisis
Basis: AJ lists PRP among affected practices and quotes Andrew Mellor on what remediation is uncovering. See the separate PRP Architects LLP entry above
(Practices tab, row 130)