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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565 approved · 33 refused · 13 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Rich Industrial Estate Crimscott Street And Willow Walk London Southwark SE1 5TE
Received 2 Jul 2026Rich Industrial Estate Crimscott Street And Willow Walk London Southwark SE1 5TE
Received 2 Jul 2026Lower Ground Floor Flat 87 Camberwell Grove London Southwark SE5 8JEL
Received 2 Jul 2026Lower Ground Floor Flat 87 Camberwell Grove London Southwark SE5 8JEL
Received 2 Jul 2026Lower Ground Floor Flat 87 Camberwell Grove London Southwark SE5 8JEL
Received 2 Jul 2026Lower Ground Floor Flat 87 Camberwell Grove London Southwark SE5 8JEL
Received 2 Jul 2026105 Landells Road London Southwark SE22 9PH
Received 2 Jul 2026Railway Arches 1 To 2 Crucifix Lane London Southwark SE1 3JW
Received 2 Jul 2026Railway Arches 1 To 2 Crucifix Lane London Southwark SE1 3JW
Received 2 Jul 202654 And 56 Peckham Rye London Southwark SE15 4JR
Received 3 Jul 202625 Frogley Road London Southwark SE22 9DF
Received 3 Jul 2026Unit 1 And Unit 4 Canada Water Retail Park Surrey Quays Road London Southwark SE16 2XU
Received 3 Jul 2026211 Rye Lane London Southwark SE15 4TP
Received 3 Jul 2026Land To The Rear Of 47-51 Great Suffolk Street London Southwark SE1 0BS
Received 3 Jul 2026Chatelain House 182 - 202 Walworth Road London Southwark SE17 1RW
Received 3 Jul 2026Chatelain House 182 - 202 Walworth Road London Southwark SE17 1RW
Received 3 Jul 2026Chatelain House 182-202 Walworth Road London Southwark SE17 1RW
Received 3 Jul 202630 Highshore Road London Southwark SE15 5AF
Received 3 Jul 20269A College Road London Southwark SE21 7BQ
Received 1 Jul 202665 Oakhurst Grove London Southwark SE22 9AH
Received 1 Jul 2026New City Court 4-26 St Thomas Street London SE1 9RS
Received 1 Jul 2026The Ledbury Estate Commercial Way And Old Kent Road London Southwark SE15
Received 3 Jul 2026Tayo Situ House 73 Commercial Way London Southwark
Received 3 Jul 202614 Village Way London Southwark SE21 7AN
Received 3 Jul 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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