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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565 approved · 33 refused · 13 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
221 New Kent Road London Southwark SE1 4AG
Received 20 May 2026180 Ilderton Road London SE15 1NT
Received 21 May 202611 Wingfield Street London Southwark SE15 4LN
Received 21 May 202639 Landells Road London Southwark SE22 9PQ
Received 21 May 202626 Park Street London Southwark SE1 9EQ
Received 21 May 2026422 Lordship Lane London Southwark SE22 8NE
Received 21 May 2026422 Lordship Lane London Southwark SE22 8NE
Received 21 May 2026422 Lordship Lane London Southwark SE22 8NE
Received 21 May 2026Flat A 22 Knatchbull Road London Southwark SE5 9QS
Received 21 May 20261 Bank End (Site Including Railway Arches And Thames House Bounded By Stoney Street Clink Street And Park Street) SE1.
Received 21 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 21 May 202654-80 Ossory Road London Southwark SE1 5AN
Received 20 May 2026310B East Street London Southwark SE17 2SX
Received 21 May 202686 Brunswick Quay London Southwark SE16 7PZ
Received 21 May 2026Garages St Giles Road London Southwark SE5
Received 21 May 2026Former Blackfriars Crown Court, 1 Pocock Street London SE1 0BT
Received 21 May 20265 Howden Street London Southwark SE15 4LB
Received 21 May 202625 Ansdell Road London Southwark SE15 2DT
Received 22 May 202620 Bywater Place London Southwark SE16 5ND
Received 22 May 202694 Commercial Way London Southwark SE15 5GG
Received 22 May 2026Rotherhithe Gas Holder Site Salter Road London Southwark
Received 22 May 20266 Avonmouth Street London Southwark SE1 6NX
Received 22 May 202628 Ruby Street London Southwark SE15 1LL
Received 22 May 2026349 Ilderton Road London Southwark SE15 1NW
Received 22 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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