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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for London Borough of Southwark. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
565 approved · 33 refused · 13 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 May 1986 to 25 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 28 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
The Crooked Well 16 Grove Lane London Southwark SE5 8SY
Received 26 Sept 2025151 Borough High Street Southwark SE1 1HR
Received 24 Nov 2025First Floor Front 151 Borough High Street Southwark SE1 1HR
Received 27 Nov 2025The Ledbury Estate Commercial Way And Old Kent Road London Southwark SE15
Received 9 Dec 2025223 - 225 Ilderton Road London Southwark SE15 1NS
Received 22 Dec 2025Flat 2 Peacock House 38 St Giles Road London Southwark SE5 7RG
Received 16 Jan 2026108-110 Camberwell Road London Southwark SE5 0EE
Received 9 Feb 2026Myatts Field Court 18 Mcdowall Road London Southwark SE5 9JS
Received 11 Mar 202651 Alleyn Road London Southwark SE21 8AD
Received 12 Mar 202663 Rodwell Road London Southwark SE22 9LE
Received 16 Mar 202624 Ashbourne Grove London Southwark SE22 8RL
Received 16 Mar 20269A College Road London Southwark SE21 7BQ
Received 17 Mar 202656 Stamford Street London Southwark SE1 9LX
Received 23 Mar 20261 Flat Iron Square London Southwark SE1 0AB
Received 30 Mar 2026Bells Gardens Community Centre 19 Buller Close London Southwark SE15 6UJ
Received 31 Mar 202635 Westminster Bridge Road London Southwark SE1 7JB
Received 2 Apr 202625 Lavington Street London Southwark SE1 0NZ
Received 2 Apr 20264-10 Bombay Street London SE16 3UX
Received 10 Apr 20267 - 14 Great Dover Street London Southwark SE1 4YR
Received 17 Apr 2026Vicarage Court 13 Inverton Road London Southwark SE15 3DD
Received 17 Apr 2026269 - 271 Walworth Road London Southwark SE17 1RL
Received 20 Apr 2026282 Walworth Road London Southwark SE17 2TE
Received 22 Apr 2026Flat A And Flat B 23 Wood Vale London Southwark SE23 3DS
Received 22 Apr 2026101 - 103 Denmark Hill London Southwark SE5 8AA
Received 23 Apr 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for London Borough of Southwark, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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