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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565 approved · 33 refused · 13 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
123 Benhill Road London Southwark SE5 7LZ
Received 20 Jul 2026Pavement Outside Elephant And Castle Underground Station London Road London Southwark SE1
Received 20 Jul 2026Pavement Outside Elephant And Castle Underground Station London Road London Southwark SE1
Received 20 Jul 2026Pavement Opposite 88 Surrey Quays Road London Southwark
Received 20 Jul 2026Pavement Opposite 88 Surrey Quays Road London Southwark
Received 20 Jul 2026Advertisement On Payment Outside 147 Peckham Hill Street London Southwark SE15 5JZ
Received 20 Jul 2026Advertisement On Payment Outside 147 Peckham Hill Street London Southwark SE15 5JZ
Received 20 Jul 2026188A Tooley Street London Southwark SE1 2TZ
Received 20 Jul 2026188A Tooley Street London Southwark SE1 2TZ
Received 20 Jul 2026188A Tooley Street London Southwark SE1 2TZ
Received 20 Jul 2026188A Tooley Street London Southwark SE1 2TZ
Received 20 Jul 2026188A Tooley Street London Southwark SE1 2TZ
Received 20 Jul 202641 College Road London Southwark SE21 7BA
Received 20 Jul 2026651 - 657 Old Kent Road London Southwark SE15 1JU
Received 21 Jul 2026New City Court 4-26 St Thomas Street London SE1 9RS
Received 21 Jul 2026New City Court 4-26 St Thomas Street London SE1 9RS
Received 21 Jul 2026Advert Adjacent To Bricklayers Arms Roundabout London Southwark SE1
Received 21 Jul 202688 Red Post Hill London Southwark SE24 9PW
Received 21 Jul 202622 -24 Southwark Bridge Road London Southwark SE1 9HB
Received 21 Jul 20267 Alma Grove London Southwark SE1 5PY
Received 21 Jul 202625 Hollydale Road London Southwark SE15 2TE
Received 22 Jul 2026Malt Street Regeneration Site Land Bounded By Bianca Road Latona Road Haymerle Road Frensham Street And Malt Street London SE1
Received 22 Jul 2026The Garages Land To Rear Of 108 St Georges Road London Southwark SE1 6EZ
Received 22 Jul 2026Elephant And Castle Shopping Centre, 26, 28, 30 And 32 New Kent Road And Arches 6 And 7 Elephant Road And London College Of Communications Site, Elephant And Castle London SE1
Received 22 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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