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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565 approved · 33 refused · 13 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
54A Wansey Street London Southwark SE17 1JP
Received 12 May 202612 Highshore Road London Southwark SE15 5AA
Received 12 May 2026180D Queens Road London Southwark SE15 2HP
Received 12 May 2026136 Croxted Road London Southwark SE21 8NR
Received 12 May 2026254 - 268 Camberwell Road London Southwark SE5 0DP
Received 12 May 2026135 Merrow Street London Southwark SE17 2NX
Received 12 May 2026158 Woodwarde Road London Southwark SE22 8UR
Received 12 May 2026Codrington Court (Block A) Pennington Court (Block B) Calder Court (Block D) 243 Rotherhithe Street London SE16 5FX
Received 12 May 20267 Westminster Bridge Road London Southwark SE1 7XP
Received 12 May 202626 Fellbrigg Road London Southwark SE22 9HH
Received 12 May 2026110 Albany Road London Southwark SE5 0DA
Received 12 May 2026160 - 162 Rye Lane Basement London Southwark SE15 4NB
Received 13 May 2026Marks Court 5 Griggs Place London Southwark
Received 13 May 202619A Gowlett Road London Southwark SE15 4HX
Received 13 May 2026173 St Jamess Road London Southwark SE1 5BP
Received 13 May 2026The Hop Exchange 24 Southwark Street London Southwark SE1 1TY
Received 13 May 2026Southwark Underground Station And Adjoining Land The Cut London Southwark SE1 8JZ
Received 8 May 2026Bankside Yards Building 6 And Building 7 Formerley Sampson House 64 Hopton Street London SE1 9JH
Received 13 May 202631 Muschamp Road London Southwark SE15 4EG
Received 14 May 2026Atrium Hays Galleria Counter Street London Southwark SE1 2HD
Received 14 May 2026100 Acanthus Drive London Southwark SE1 5HJ
Received 14 May 202698 Acanthus Drive London Southwark SE1 5HJ
Received 14 May 202625 Abercorn Way London Southwark SE1 5HL
Received 14 May 202623 Abercorn Way London Southwark SE1 5HL
Received 14 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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