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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565 approved · 33 refused · 13 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Building 3 Bankside Yards Former Sampson House, 64 Hopton Street And Ludgate House, 245 Blackfriars Road And Railway Arches London SE1 9JH
Received 22 Jul 2026Unit 1 And Unit 4 Canada Water Retail Park Surrey Quays Road London Southwark SE16 2XU
Received 22 Jul 2026Bianca Warehouse 43 Glengall Road And 1 Bianca Road London SE15 6SJ
Received 22 Jul 2026Rich Industrial Estate Crimscott Street And Willow Walk London Southwark SE1 5TE
Received 22 Jul 2026150A Lower Road London Southwark SE16 2UG
Received 22 Jul 2026Dulwich Picture Gallery Gallery Road London Southwark SE21 7AD
Received 22 Jul 202611 Alleyn Park London Southwark SE21 8AU
Received 22 Jul 202617 Court Lane Gardens London Southwark SE21 7DZ
Received 22 Jul 2026The Ledbury Estate Commercial Way And Old Kent Road London Southwark SE15
Received 22 Jul 2026110 The Queens Walk London Southwark SE1 2AA
Received 22 Jul 2026110 The Queens Walk London Southwark SE1 2DB
Received 22 Jul 20261 More London Place London Southwark SE1 2AF
Received 22 Jul 2026Unit 1 And Unit 4 Canada Water Retail Park Surrey Quays Road London Southwark SE16 2XU
Received 22 Jul 202625 De Laune Street London Southwark SE17 3UU
Received 22 Jul 2026Bridge Masters House Tower Bridge Tower Bridge Road London Southwark SE1 2UP
Received 23 Jul 202685 Wood Vale London Southwark SE23 3DT
Received 23 Jul 2026120 Tooley Street London Southwark SE1 2TH
Received 23 Jul 2026120 Tooley Street London Southwark SE1 2TH
Received 23 Jul 2026158 Camberwell Grove London Southwark SE5 8RH
Received 24 Jul 202614 Woodwarde Road London Southwark SE22 8UJ
Received 24 Jul 20267 Nairne Grove London Southwark SE24 9PU
Received 24 Jul 2026169 Half Moon Lane London Southwark SE24 9JG
Received 24 Jul 2026City Of London Academy 240 Lynton Road London Southwark SE1 5LA
Received 24 Jul 2026124 Forest Hill Road London Southwark SE22 0RS
Received 24 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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