Site and context 

2-10 Ossory Road (0.11-ha site) and 14-22 Ossory Road (0.12-ha site) are located in South Bermondsey (LB Southwark, Zone 2), between Burgess Park and the Asda Old Kent Road Superstore.

Both sites have planning permission for 181 residential homes (146 x 1-beds, 25 x 2-beds, 8 x 3-beds, 2 x 4-beds) over 10 & 11 storeys, however due to building regulations and the requirement for a second staircase, the consents are undeliverable.

Regular buses connect the site within 20 minutes to London Southbank University (11,000 full time students), Kings Guy's Campus (10,000 full time students), Goldsmiths University (7,300 full time students), and UAL College of Communication (c. 5,000 full-time students).

Credon House, 72 Verney Road (0.05-ha site) is a 10 minute walk from Ossory Road towards South Bermondsey Train Station, and also benefits from an existing, but undeliverable, consent for 22 residential homes (8 x 1-beds, 7 x 2-beds, 7 x 3-beds).

In 2022/2023 there were more than 6,000 full time students living within a 1-mile radius of Ossory Road, up almost 30% since 2018/2019, of which 30% were international.

Proposals

At Ossory Road, plans have been submitted for a new 465-bed PBSA scheme with 2,446sqm of Class E(g) commercial floorspace within the height, scale & mass of the existing residential consents.
At Credon House, plans have been submitted for 26 family sized social rented homes (3 x 2-bed wheelchair accessible homes, 23 x 4-bed homes).

Current status

The planning applications are awaiting determination at committee.

Full details can be found on Southwark Council's planning register.