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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565 approved · 33 refused · 13 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
151 Court Lane London Southwark SE21 7EE
Received 14 May 20267 Knatchbull Road London Southwark SE5 9QR
Received 14 May 2026115 Burbage Road London Southwark SE21 7AF
Received 14 May 2026And Known As Devonshire Place 747-759 And 765-775 Old Kent Road And Land At Devonshire Grove London SE15 1NZ
Received 12 May 2026152 Fort Road London Southwark SE1 5QA
Received 14 May 2026Empire Warehouse Bear Gardens London Southwark SE1 9ED
Received 15 May 2026150 Fort Road London Southwark SE1 5QA
Received 15 May 2026Elephant And Castle Shopping Centre, 26, 28, 30 And 32 New Kent Road And Arches 6 And 7 Elephant Road And London College Of Communications Site, Elephant And Castle London SE1
Received 15 May 2026135 Park Street And 4-8 Emerson Street London SE1 9EA London SE1
Received 15 May 20262 Midship Close London Southwark SE16 6BT
Received 15 May 202673A Peckham Road London Southwark SE5 8UH
Received 15 May 202673A Peckham Road London Southwark SE5 8UH
Received 15 May 202666 Linden Grove London Southwark SE15 3LL
Received 15 May 2026Land Off Potters Fields 1 Potters Fields London Southwark
Received 15 May 202639 East Dulwich Rd London Southwark SE22 9AN
Received 15 May 202692B Grosvenor Terrace London Southwark SE5 0NW
Received 15 May 202639 Bowen Drive London Southwark SE21 8NS
Received 18 May 2026136 Friern Road London Southwark SE22 0AY
Received 18 May 202627 Oswyth Road London Southwark SE5 8NH
Received 18 May 2026224 Jamaica Road London Southwark SE16 4BD
Received 18 May 202670 Upland Road London Southwark SE22 0DB
Received 18 May 2026Cypress Tree House Dulwich Common London Southwark SE21 7EU
Received 18 May 2026152 Benhill Road London Southwark SE5 7LZ
Received 18 May 202640 Strathnairn Street London Southwark SE1 5BL
Received 18 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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