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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565 approved · 33 refused · 13 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
160 Blackfriars Road London Southwark SE1 8EZ
Received 27 Jul 2026Bellenden Primary School Bellenden Road London Southwark SE15 4PF
Received 27 Jul 2026Friars Close Bear Lane London Southwark SE1
Received 27 Jul 2026Rich Industrial Estate Crimscott Street And Willow Walk London Southwark SE1 5TE
Received 27 Jul 2026Rich Industrial Estate Crimscott Street And Willow Walk London Southwark SE1 5TE
Received 27 Jul 2026160 Blackfriars Road London Southwark SE1 8EZ
Received 27 Jul 2026Flat A 3 St Agnes Place London Southwark SE11 4AU
Received 27 Jul 202677 Borough High Street Southwark SE1 1NH
Received 27 Jul 2026254-268 Camberwell Road London Southwark SE5 0DP
Received 24 Jul 2026254-268 Camberwell Road London Southwark SE5 0DP
Received 24 Jul 2026Peckham Scaffold Yard Railway Arches 1 To 25 Rear Of 117 To 125 Rye Lane London Southwark SE15 4ST
Received 27 Jul 202615 Sydenham Hill London Southwark SE26 6SH
Received 27 Jul 202691 Woodwarde Road London Southwark SE22 8UL
Received 28 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 23 Jul 202611 Calton Avenue London Southwark SE21 7DE
Received 28 Jul 20265 Tempus Wharf 29 Bermondsey Wall West London Southwark SE16 4RW
Received 28 Jul 2026Tower Bridge Business Complex 100 Clements Road Aka Biscuit Factory And Bermondsey Campus Site Keetons Road London SE16 4DG
Received 24 Jul 2026125 Camberwell Road London Southwark SE5 0HB
Received 28 Jul 2026125 Camberwell Road London Southwark SE5 0HB
Received 28 Jul 2026125 Camberwell Road London Southwark SE5 0HB
Received 28 Jul 2026125 Camberwell Road London Southwark SE5 0HB
Received 28 Jul 2026Railway Arches 3 To 4 Crucifix Lane London Southwark SE1 3JW
Received 28 Jul 20269 And 11 Gowlett Road London Southwark SE15 4HX
Received 28 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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