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565 approved · 33 refused · 13 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Surrey Square Park Surrey Square London Southwark SE17 2JX
Received 24 Jul 2026Commercial Unit 1 Biscuit Walk London Southwark SE16 4FB
Received 24 Jul 2026Commercial Unit 1 Biscuit Walk London Southwark SE16 4FB
Received 24 Jul 2026Railway Arches 3 To 4 Crucifix Lane London Southwark SE1 3JW
Received 24 Jul 202667 Burbage Road London Southwark SE24 9HB
Received 24 Jul 2026Friars Close Bear Lane London Southwark SE1
Received 24 Jul 2026City Of London Academy 240 Lynton Road London Southwark SE1 5LA
Received 24 Jul 20265 Frank Dixon Way London Southwark SE21 7BB
Received 24 Jul 2026City Of London Academy 240 Lynton Road London Southwark SE1 5LA
Received 24 Jul 20262A Howden Street London Southwark SE15 4LB
Received 24 Jul 2026Former Blackfriars Crown Court, 1 Pocock Street London SE1 0BT
Received 24 Jul 202659 Alleyn Road London Southwark SE21 8AD
Received 24 Jul 202619 Eynella Road London Southwark SE22 8XF
Received 24 Jul 2026Rich Industrial Estate Crimscott Street And Willow Walk London Southwark SE1 5TE
Received 24 Jul 2026Rich Industrial Estate Crimscott Street And Willow Walk London Southwark SE1 5TE
Received 24 Jul 2026Ground Floor Flat 20 Oglander Road London Southwark SE15 4EL
Received 24 Jul 2026108 College Road London Southwark SE21 7HW
Received 24 Jul 2026254 - 268 Camberwell Road London Southwark SE5 0DP
Received 24 Jul 2026Flat Above 234 Rye Lane London Southwark SE15 4NL
Received 24 Jul 2026Flat 2 12 Colyton Road London Southwark SE22 0NE
Received 27 Jul 202627 Lanbury Road London Southwark SE15 3DB
Received 27 Jul 2026199 Crystal Palace Road London Southwark SE22 9EL
Received 27 Jul 20267 Eagle Wharf Court 59 Lafone Street London Southwark SE1 2LZ
Received 27 Jul 202695 Lyndhurst Grove London Southwark SE15 5AW
Received 27 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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