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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565 approved · 33 refused · 13 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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.
Court Lane Gardens London Southwark
Received 7 Jul 202620 Calton Avenue London Southwark SE21 7DQ
Received 7 Jul 20261 College Gardens London Southwark SE21 7BE
Received 7 Jul 202654 Burbage Road London Southwark SE24 9HE
Received 7 Jul 2026166 Brunswick Quay London Southwark SE16 7PT
Received 7 Jul 202611 Trinity Church Square London Southwark SE1 4HU
Received 7 Jul 202616 Great Spilmans London Southwark SE22 8SZ
Received 7 Jul 202622-24 Southwark Bridge Road London Southwark SE1 9HB
Received 7 Jul 202621 Barforth Road London Southwark SE15 3PS
Received 7 Jul 202628A Tresco Road London Southwark SE15 3PX
Received 7 Jul 2026105 Dulwich Village London Southwark SE21 7BJ
Received 7 Jul 2026Street Record Great Brownings London Southwark
Received 7 Jul 2026College Road- Section Abutting Woodhall Drive London Southwark SE19 1XD
Received 7 Jul 202657 - 61 Union Street London Southwark SE1 1SG
Received 7 Jul 202647 Lyndhurst Way London Southwark SE15 5AG
Received 7 Jul 202619 Casino Avenue London Southwark SE24 9PQ
Received 8 Jul 20264 - 12 Bittern Street London Southwark SE1 1PL
Received 8 Jul 2026The Phoenix Windsor Walk London Southwark SE5 8BB
Received 8 Jul 2026The Phoenix Windsor Walk London Southwark SE5 8BB
Received 8 Jul 2026Surrey Quays Railway Station Lower Road London Southwark SE16 2UE
Received 8 Jul 202616-18 Peckham High Street London Southwark SE15 5DT
Received 8 Jul 2026Unit 1 And Unit 4 Canada Water Retail Park Surrey Quays Road London Southwark SE16 2XU
Received 8 Jul 2026261-265 Southwark Park Road London Southwark SE16 3TP
Received 8 Jul 2026261 - 265 Southwark Park Road London Southwark SE16 3TP
Received 8 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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