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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565 approved · 33 refused · 13 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
50 Norcroft Gardens London Southwark SE22 0BH
Received 25 Jun 2026Lower Ground Floor Flat 87 Camberwell Grove London Southwark SE5 8JEL
Received 25 Jun 202617-21 Rotherhithe Old Road London Southwark SE16 2PP
Received 26 Jun 20264 Rye Lane London Southwark SE15 5BS
Received 26 Jun 20267-13 Camberwell Road London Southwark SE5 0EZ
Received 26 Jun 2026Land At Including Edward Edwards House And The Prince William Pub, Suthring House 216-220 Blackfriars Road North Of Nicholson Street London SE1
Received 26 Jun 2026Land Adjacent To 201 And 185 Tower Bridge Road Tooley Street London Southwark SE1 2UF
Received 26 Jun 20269 Honor Oak Rise London Southwark SE23 3QY
Received 26 Jun 202627 Casino Avenue London Southwark SE24 9PQ
Received 29 Jun 202617 East Dulwich Grove London Southwark SE22 8PW
Received 29 Jun 2026380 Walworth Road London Southwark SE17 2NG
Received 29 Jun 202649 Oakhurst Grove London Southwark SE22 9AH
Received 29 Jun 202657 - 61 Union Street London Southwark SE1 1SG
Received 29 Jun 2026Flat 3 170 - 172 Tower Bridge Road London Southwark SE1 3LS
Received 29 Jun 2026175 Gordon Road London Southwark SE15 3RT
Received 29 Jun 2026The Phoenix Windsor Walk London Southwark SE5 8BB
Received 29 Jun 2026Tower Bridge Business Complex 100 Clements Road Aka Biscuit Factory And Bermondsey Campus Site Keetons Road London SE16 4DG
Received 29 Jun 2026156 - 158 Rye Lane London Southwark SE15 4NB
Received 30 Jun 202645 Beauval Road London Southwark SE22 8UG
Received 30 Jun 2026282 - 286 Old Kent Road London Southwark SE1 5UE
Received 30 Jun 2026Knox House Denmark Hill London Southwark SE5 8DU
Received 30 Jun 2026St Giles Club Benhill Road London Southwark SE5 7LL
Received 30 Jun 202654 Vicarage Grove London Southwark SE5 7LP
Received 30 Jun 2026The Counting House 53 Tooley Street London Southwark SE1 2QN
Received 30 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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