Understanding planning · 13 min read
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565 approved · 33 refused · 13 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
57 Therapia Road London Southwark SE22 0SD
Received 17 Jul 2026Car Park Adjacent To 25 Mandela Way London Southwark SE1
Received 17 Jul 202690 Furley Road London Southwark SE15 1UG
Received 17 Jul 202690 Furley Road London Southwark SE15 1UG
Received 17 Jul 20268 Rodwell Road London Southwark SE22 9LF
Received 17 Jul 2026720B And 722B Old Kent Road London Southwark SE15 1NG
Received 17 Jul 202668 Melbourne Grove London Southwark SE22 8QY
Received 20 Jul 2026318 - 320 Walworth Road London Southwark SE17 2NA
Received 20 Jul 20267 College Road London Southwark SE21 7BQ
Received 20 Jul 2026163 Forest Hill Road London Southwark SE23 3QU
Received 20 Jul 2026Gallery Court 4 - 10 Hankey Place London Southwark
Received 20 Jul 202615 Highshore Road London Southwark SE15 5AA
Received 20 Jul 2026113 Chadwick Road London Southwark SE15 4PY
Received 20 Jul 2026Flat 16 157-163 Queens Road London Southwark SE15 2ND
Received 20 Jul 2026Flat A 3 St Agnes Place London Southwark SE11 4AU
Received 20 Jul 2026188A Tooley Street London Southwark SE1 2TZ
Received 20 Jul 2026Former Elephant And Castle Shopping Centre 2 Kerning Street London Southwark SE1 6GP
Received 20 Jul 202622-24 Southwark Bridge Road London Southwark SE1 9HB
Received 20 Jul 202622-24 Southwark Bridge Road London Southwark SE1 9HB
Received 20 Jul 202622-24 Southwark Bridge Road London Southwark SE1 9HB
Received 20 Jul 2026Pavement Opposite Newington House 237 Southwark Bridge Road London Southwark SE1 6NP
Received 20 Jul 2026Pavement Opposite Newington House 237 Southwark Bridge Road London Southwark SE1 6NP
Received 20 Jul 2026101 Camberwell Grove London Southwark SE5 8JH
Received 20 Jul 202650 Caulfield Road London Southwark SE15 2DE
Received 20 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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