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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565 approved · 33 refused · 13 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Southwark 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 202650 Dulwich Village London Southwark SE21 7AJ
Received 30 Jul 2026Land Adjacent 40 Village Way London Southwark SE21 7AP
Received 30 Jul 202688 Holmdene Avenue London Southwark SE24 9LE
Received 30 Jul 202697 Burbage Road London Southwark SE24 9HD
Received 2 May 19861 Maldon Close London Southwark SE5 8DD
Received 30 Jul 202655 Winterbrook Road London Southwark SE24 9HZ
Received 30 Jul 2026385 Ivydale Road London Southwark SE15 3ED
Received 30 Jul 2026Unit 1 And Unit 4 Canada Water Retail Park Surrey Quays Road London Southwark SE16 2XU
Received 30 Jul 202628 Borough High Street Southwark SE1 1YB
Received 30 Jul 2026192 Turney Road London Southwark SE21 7JL
Received 30 Jul 2026192 Turney Road London Southwark SE21 7JL
Received 30 Jul 2026711- 733 Old Kent Road London Southwark SE15 1JL
Received 31 Jul 202616 -18 Marshalsea Road London Southwark SE1 1HL
Received 31 Jul 202655C Darwin Street London Southwark SE17 1HA
Received 31 Jul 202625 Surrey Road London Southwark SE15 3AS
Received 31 Jul 202692A Underhill Road London Southwark SE22 0QU
Received 31 Jul 2026Peckham Pulse 10 Melon Road London Southwark SE15 5QN
Received 31 Jul 2026Rich Industrial Estate Crimscott Street And Willow Walk London Southwark SE1 5TE
Received 31 Jul 2026Rich Industrial Estate Crimscott Street And Willow Walk London Southwark SE1 5TE
Received 31 Jul 2026254 - 268 Camberwell Road London Southwark SE5 0DP
Received 31 Jul 2026254 - 268 Camberwell Road London Southwark SE5 0DP
Received 31 Jul 2026Tower Bridge Tower Bridge Road London Southwark SE1 2UP
Received 31 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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