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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565 approved · 33 refused · 13 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
229-235 Southwark Bridge Road London Southwark SE1 6NP
Received 3 Aug 2026Lime Tree Court 292A Walworth Road London Southwark SE17 2TE
Received 4 Aug 2026Unit 1 And Unit 4 Canada Water Retail Park Surrey Quays Road London Southwark SE16 2XU
Received 4 Aug 2026193 Camberwell Grove London Southwark SE5 8JU
Received 4 Aug 202648 Caulfield Road London Southwark SE15 2DE
Received 4 Aug 202625 Hansler Road London Southwark SE22 9DJ
Received 4 Aug 20268 East Dulwich Grove London Southwark SE22 8PP
Received 4 Aug 2026Land Adjacent Lovers Walk And Gallery Road London Southwark SE21 7BE
Received 4 Aug 2026Land Adjacent Lovers Walk And Gallery Road London Southwark SE21 7BE
Received 4 Aug 20262 College Gardens London Southwark SE21 7BE
Received 4 Aug 2026Low Cross Wood Lane London Southwark
Received 4 Aug 2026Low Cross Wood Lane London Southwark
Received 4 Aug 2026Village Orchard Gallery Road London Southwark SE21 7AE
Received 4 Aug 2026The Old College 18 Gallery Road London Southwark SE21 7AE
Received 4 Aug 202677 Court Lane London Southwark SE21 7EF
Received 4 Aug 2026Block C Former Mulberry Business Park Quebec Way London SE16
Received 4 Aug 2026257-283 Ilderton Road London Southwark SE15 1NS
Received 4 Aug 2026Gaumont House 1 Staffordshire Street London Southwark SE15 5TS
Received 4 Aug 202623 Alleyn Park London Southwark SE21 8AU
Received 5 Aug 202617 Piermont Road London Southwark SE22 0LN
Received 5 Aug 202683 Talfourd Road London Southwark SE15 5NN
Received 5 Aug 202651 Archdale Road London Southwark SE22 9HL
Received 5 Aug 202611 - 12 Whitehorse Mews 37 Westminster Bridge Road London Southwark SE1 7QD
Received 5 Aug 202679-161 Ilderton Road London Southwark SE16 3JZ
Received 5 Aug 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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