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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565 approved · 33 refused · 13 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
77 Borough High Street Southwark SE1 1NH
Received 28 Jul 2026254-268 Camberwell Road London Southwark SE5 0DP
Received 28 Jul 202683 New Kent Road. London Southwark SE1 6RD
Received 28 Jul 2026125 Camberwell Road London Southwark SE5 0HB
Received 29 Jul 2026125 Camberwell Road London Southwark SE5 0HB
Received 29 Jul 2026Elm Lawn Dulwich Common London Southwark SE21 7EW
Received 29 Jul 2026Land Known As Devonshire Place 747-759 And 765-775 Old Kent Road And Land At Devonshire Grove London SE15 1NZ
Received 29 Jul 202617-21 Rotherhithe Old Road London Southwark SE16 2PP
Received 29 Jul 202687 Grove Lane London Southwark SE5 8SN
Received 29 Jul 2026Ivydale Primary School Ivydale Road London Southwark SE15 3BU
Received 27 Jul 2026Rich Industrial Estate Crimscott Street And Willow Walk London Southwark SE1 5TE
Received 28 Jul 2026Flat 1 162B Underhill Road London Southwark SE22 0QH
Received 29 Jul 202619 Crofton Road London Southwark SE5 8LY
Received 29 Jul 2026105 Woodwarde Road London Southwark SE22 8UP
Received 27 Jul 202615 Sydenham Hill London Southwark SE26 6SH
Received 27 Jul 2026Flat 1 33 Ardbeg Road London Southwark SE24 9JL
Received 29 Jul 202683 New Kent Road. London Southwark SE1 6RD
Received 28 Jul 2026Southwark Underground Station And Adjoining Land The Cut London Southwark SE1 8JZ
Received 29 Jul 2026Unit 23 And 24 Old Jamaica Business Estate 24 Old Jamaica Road London Southwark SE16 4AW
Received 29 Jul 202664 Abercorn Way London Southwark SE1 5HL
Received 29 Jul 2026Southwark Underground Station And Adjoining Land The Cut London Southwark SE1 8JZ
Received 29 Jul 2026Southwark Underground Station And Adjoining Land The Cut London Southwark SE1 8JZ
Received 29 Jul 2026Southwark Underground Station And Adjoining Land The Cut London Southwark SE1 8JZ
Received 29 Jul 2026Southwark Underground Station And Adjoining Land The Cut London Southwark SE1 8JZ
Received 29 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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