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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565 approved · 33 refused · 13 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2-4 Ragstone Street London Southwark SE1 6GN
Received 27 May 20262-4 Ragstone Street London Southwark SE1 6GN
Received 27 May 2026Ground Floor Flat 54 Gibbon Road London Southwark SE15 3XE
Received 27 May 202695 Lyndhurst Grove London Southwark SE15 5AW
Received 27 May 202613 Maude Road London Southwark SE5 8NY
Received 28 May 2026Tower Bridge Business Complex 100 Clements Road Aka Biscuit Factory And Bermondsey Campus Site Keetons Road London SE16 4DG
Received 28 May 2026Tower Bridge Business Complex 100 Clements Road Aka Biscuit Factory And Bermondsey Campus Site Keetons Road London SE16 4DG
Received 28 May 2026Land Adjacent To Draper House 20 Elephant And Castle And Newington Butts London Southwark SE1
Received 28 May 2026Burgess Park Albany Road London Southwark SE1 5AD
Received 28 May 20267 Herne Hill London Southwark SE24 9NF
Received 28 May 2026Land On Corner Of Gervase Street Old Kent Road London Southwark SE15 2RN
Received 28 May 2026110 The Queens Walk London Southwark SE1 2DB
Received 28 May 2026Peckham Fire Station 78 - 80 Peckham Road London Southwark SE5 8PR
Received 28 May 2026110 The Queens Walk London Southwark SE1 2DB
Received 28 May 2026Southwark Town Hall Peckham Road London Southwark SE5 8UB
Received 28 May 2026Land At The Corner Of Old Kent Road And Ilderton Road, Old Kent Road SE15 1NL
Received 28 May 2026Southwark Park Facing The Rotherhithe Tunnel Jamaica Road London Southwark SE16 2XB
Received 29 May 202650A Date Street London Southwark SE17 2HQ
Received 29 May 2026Tustin Estate Land Bounded By Manor Grove Ilderton Road Hillbeck Close Old Kent Road London Southwark SE1
Received 27 May 202678 Alleyn Road London Southwark SE21 8AH
Received 27 May 20262 Frank Dixon Close London Southwark SE21 7BD
Received 27 May 202610 Gomm Road London Southwark SE16 2TX
Received 29 May 202612 Wroxton Road London Southwark SE15 2BN
Received 29 May 2026Kings Stairs Gardens Cathay Street London Southwark SE16
Received 29 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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