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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565 approved · 33 refused · 13 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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.
204 Old Kent Road London Southwark SE1 5TY
Received 10 Jun 2026Sexby Gardens Peckham Rye Park Peckham Rye London Southwark SE22 0SH
Received 10 Jun 202661 Court Lane London Southwark SE21 7EF
Received 10 Jun 2026Plot H2, Canada Water Masterplan Former Harmsworth Quays Printworks Surrey Quays Road London SE16 7LL
Received 10 Jun 202671 Storks Road London Southwark SE16 4DE
Received 10 Jun 202669 Sunray Avenue London Southwark SE24 9PX
Received 10 Jun 2026113 Grove Park London Southwark SE5 8LE
Received 10 Jun 202672 Farquhar Road London Southwark SE19 1LT
Received 10 Jun 2026257-283 Ilderton Road London Southwark SE15 1NS
Received 10 Jun 2026Car Park Adjacent To 25 Mandela Way London Southwark SE1
Received 10 Jun 2026Car Park Adjacent To 25 Mandela Way London Southwark SE1
Received 10 Jun 2026257-283 Ilderton Road London Southwark SE15 1NS
Received 10 Jun 2026257-283 Ilderton Road London Southwark SE15 1NS
Received 10 Jun 2026257-283 Ilderton Road London Southwark SE15 1NS
Received 10 Jun 2026257-283 Ilderton Road London Southwark SE15 1NS
Received 10 Jun 2026257-283 Ilderton Road London Southwark SE15 1NS
Received 10 Jun 2026257-283 Ilderton Road London Southwark SE15 1NS
Received 10 Jun 2026129 Sydenham Hill London Southwark SE26 6LW
Received 10 Jun 2026100 Melbourne Grove London Southwark SE22 8QY
Received 11 Jun 202625 Relf Road London Southwark SE15 4JT
Received 11 Jun 2026Land Known As Devonshire Place 747-759 And 765-775 Old Kent Road And Land At Devonshire Grove London SE15 1NZ
Received 11 Jun 2026Flat 67 Benbow House 24 New Globe Walk London Southwark SE1 9DS
Received 11 Jun 2026202-203 And 208 Blackfriars Road, London SE1
Received 11 Jun 2026Goose Green Primary School Tintagel Crescent London Southwark SE22 8HG
Received 11 Jun 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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