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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565 approved · 33 refused · 13 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
38 Ruskin Walk London Southwark SE24 9LZ
Received 18 May 20263 Hewson Way London Southwark SE17 1JS
Received 18 May 20262 Denman Road London Southwark SE15 5NP
Received 18 May 20261-3 Ragstone Street London Southwark SE1 6GN
Received 18 May 20265-7 And Arch 5A Dartford Street London SE17 3UQ
Received 18 May 2026Rotherhithe Gas Holder Site Salter Road London Southwark SE16 6DU
Received 18 May 2026Canada Water Masterplan - Land Bounded By Lower Road (West), Redriff Road (South), Quebec Way (East) Surrey Quays Road And Canada Water Dock (North) And Site At Roberts Close London SE16 SE16
Received 18 May 2026133 Landells Road London Southwark SE22 9PJ
Received 19 May 2026133 Landells Road London Southwark SE22 9PJ
Received 19 May 2026133 Landells Road London Southwark SE22 9PJ
Received 19 May 2026137 Southampton Way London Southwark SE5 7EW
Received 19 May 2026Dulwich Sports Club Giant Arches Road London Southwark SE24 9HP
Received 19 May 202697 Grove Park London Southwark SE5 8LE
Received 19 May 2026Canada Water Masterplan - Land Bounded By Lower Road (West), Redriff Road (South), Quebec Way (East) Surrey Quays Road And Canada Water Dock (North) And Site At Roberts Close London SE16
Received 19 May 2026Unit 1 And Unit 4 Canada Water Retail Park Surrey Quays Road London Southwark SE16 2XU
Received 19 May 2026South Dock Marina St Georges Wharf Rope Street London Southwark SE16
Received 19 May 202640-46 Solomons Passage London Southwark SE15 3UH
Received 18 May 2026151 Rye Lane London Southwark SE15 4TL
Received 19 May 202659 Ansdell Road London Southwark SE15 2DT
Received 20 May 202642A Harper Road London Southwark SE1 6AD
Received 20 May 2026Karen Court Grove Lane London Southwark SE5 8DA
Received 18 May 202633 Montpelier Road London Southwark SE15 2HB
Received 20 May 2026Coppa Club 2 More London Place London Southwark SE1 2AP
Received 20 May 202622 Ivydale Road London Southwark SE15 3BS
Received 20 May 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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