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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565 approved · 33 refused · 13 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Metro Central Heights 119 Newington Causeway London Southwark SE1 6BN
Received 15 Jul 202654 Lorrimore Road London Southwark SE17 3LZ
Received 15 Jul 202680 Queens Road London Southwark SE15 2QW
Received 15 Jul 20262 Eleanor Close London Southwark SE16 6PA
Received 15 Jul 2026211 Ivydale Road London Southwark SE15 3DY
Received 16 Jul 2026Rich Industrial Estate Crimscott Street And Willow Walk London Southwark SE1 5TE
Received 16 Jul 202650 Abercorn Way London Southwark SE1 5HL
Received 16 Jul 202692 Acanthus Drive London Southwark SE1 5HJ
Received 16 Jul 2026221 New Kent Road London Southwark SE1 4AD
Received 14 Jul 2026Building 2, Bankside Yards Formerly Sampson House 64 Hopton Street; Ludgate House 245 Blackfriars Road; And Railway Arches London SE1
Received 15 Jul 202625 De Laune Street London Southwark SE17 3UU
Received 16 Jul 2026123 Grove Park London Southwark SE5 8LD
Received 15 Jul 2026123 Grove Park London Southwark SE5 8LD
Received 15 Jul 2026123 Grove Park London Southwark SE5 8LD
Received 15 Jul 2026Land To The North Of Redriff Road And South Of Teredo Street London Southwark SE16 1LL
Received 16 Jul 20262 Landells Road London Southwark SE22 9PG
Received 16 Jul 202697 Beauval Road London Southwark SE22 8UH
Received 16 Jul 2026Arches 831 To 832 Consort Road London Southwark SE15 2PR
Received 16 Jul 20269 Grummant Road London Southwark SE15 5NQ
Received 16 Jul 202644 Radnor Road London Southwark SE15 6UR
Received 16 Jul 202638A De Laune Street London Southwark SE17 3UR
Received 17 Jul 2026Unit 1 And Unit 4 Canada Water Retail Park Surrey Quays Road London Southwark SE16 2XU
Received 17 Jul 20265-9 Rockingham Street And 2-4 Tiverton Street London SE1 6PF
Received 17 Jul 2026St Johns Church Of England School Larcom Street London Southwark SE17 1NQ
Received 17 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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