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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565 approved · 33 refused · 13 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
258A And 258B Southwark Park Road London Southwark SE16 3RN
Received 15 Jun 202663 Vestry Road London Southwark SE5 8PG
Received 15 Jun 2026Tustin Estate Land Bounded By Manor Grove Ilderton Road Hillbeck Close Old Kent Road London Southwark SE1
Received 15 Jun 2026Sampson House 64 Hopton Street Ludgate House 245 Blackfriars Road Railway Arches London SE1
Received 15 Jun 2026Land Adjacent To 4 Victory Place London Southwark SE17 1PG
Received 9 Jun 20264 Victory Place London Southwark SE17 1PG
Received 9 Jun 20264 Victory Place London Southwark SE17 1PG
Received 9 Jun 20264 Victory Place London Southwark SE17 1PG
Received 9 Jun 20264 Victory Place London Southwark SE17 1PG
Received 9 Jun 202621 St Georges Road London Southwark SE1
Received 15 Jun 2026Bankside Yards (BY2) Former Sampson House, 64 Hopton Street And Ludgate House, 245 Blackfriars Road London SE1 9JH
Received 15 Jun 202621 St Georges Road London Southwark SE1
Received 15 Jun 202621 St Georges Road London Southwark SE1
Received 15 Jun 20264 Victory Place London Southwark SE17 1PG
Received 9 Jun 2026Unit 1 And Unit 4 Canada Water Retail Park Surrey Quays Road London Southwark SE16 2XU
Received 15 Jun 2026Unit 1 And Unit 4 Canada Water Retail Park Surrey Quays Road London Southwark SE16 2XU
Received 15 Jun 2026296 Walworth Road London Southwark SE17 2TE
Received 15 Jun 2026Camberwell School Of Arts And Crafts Wilson Road London Southwark SE5 8LU
Received 15 Jun 20264 Victory Place London Southwark SE17 1PG
Received 9 Jun 20264 Victory Place London Southwark SE17 1PG
Received 9 Jun 2026Land Adjacent To 4 Victory Place London Southwark SE17 1PG
Received 9 Jun 202658A Waveney Avenue London Southwark SE15 3UE
Received 15 Jun 202616 Trafalgar Avenue London Southwark SE15 6NR
Received 15 Jun 202613 Court Lane London Southwark SE21 7DH
Received 16 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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