Plans to build student flats on top of a Tube station have been approved again after a technicality meant they had to be reconsidered.

Southwark Council ’s Planning Committee has approved the development on top of Southwark Tube station after the building recently gained Grade II-listed status.

Earlier this year, the plans for a 15-storey student tower on top of the Jubilee Line station and 44 council homes in a block next door were approved by Southwark councillors.

It will see 429 student rooms built on site, as well as a nine-storey social housing block and new community hall on the Styles House estate.

At the time of the planning meeting in March, Historic England was considering an application for listing the Underground station, which was mentioned in the original applicat

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