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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565 approved · 33 refused · 13 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
101 - 103 Denmark Hill London Southwark SE5 8AA
Received 23 Apr 202641 Grove Vale London Southwark SE22 8EQ
Received 24 Apr 2026190 Grange Road London Southwark SE1 3AA
Received 27 Apr 2026Scandic Crown Hotel 265A Rotherhithe Street London Southwark SE16 5HW
Received 27 Apr 2026Scandic Crown Hotel 265A Rotherhithe Street London Southwark SE16 5HW
Received 27 Apr 202646 Rodwell Road London Southwark SE22 9LE
Received 27 Apr 202638-48 Southwark Bridge Road London Southwark SE1 9EJ
Received 27 Apr 2026157 Consort Road London Southwark SE15 3RX
Received 28 Apr 2026Dulwich Leisure Centre 2B Crystal Palace Road London Southwark SE22 9HB
Received 28 Apr 2026Dulwich Leisure Centre 2B Crystal Palace Road London Southwark SE22 9HB
Received 28 Apr 202639A Gordon Road London Southwark SE15 2AF
Received 29 Apr 2026Flat 8 Karen Court Grove Lane London Southwark SE5 8DA
Received 29 Apr 2026244 Bermondsey Street London Southwark SE1 3UH
Received 29 Apr 2026Cutler Apartments And Morant Court 134 New Kent Road And 5 Munton Road London Southwark SE1 6TU And SE17 1PR
Received 30 Apr 20268 Bluelion Place London Southwark SE1 4PU
Received 1 May 2026155 Tooley Street London Southwark SE1 2JP
Received 1 May 2026Ensign House And Lock House Tavern Quay Rope Street London Southwark SE16 7EX
Received 1 May 2026Lodge Gate Imperial War Museum Lambeth Road London Southwark SE1 6HZ
Received 1 May 2026First Floor Flat 55 Rye Hill Park London Southwark SE15 3JN
Received 5 May 2026211 Camberwell Road London Southwark SE5 0HG
Received 5 May 2026Ground Floor Flat 142 Dunstans Road London Southwark SE22 0ES
Received 13 May 20261 Isambard Place London Southwark SE16 7DA
Received 6 May 2026Barry Parade Barry Road London Southwark SE22 0JA
Received 6 May 20268 Scutari Road London Southwark SE22 0NN
Received 6 May 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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