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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565 approved · 33 refused · 13 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
27 Oxley Close London Southwark SE1 5HF
Received 6 Aug 2026155 Kennington Park Road London Southwark SE11 4JJ
Received 6 Aug 2026Aylesbury Estate Land Bounded By Albany Road Portland Street Westmoreland Road And Bradenham Close London SE17
Received 6 Aug 2026Pearl Yard Residential Development. Former Tower Bridge Business Complex Clements Road London Southwark SE16
Received 6 Aug 2026Southwark Underground Station And Adjoining Land The Cut London Southwark SE1 8JZ
Received 6 Aug 2026Unit B 2 Tower Bridge Business Park Mandela Way London Southwark SE1 5SS
Received 7 Aug 202618 Colby Road London Southwark SE19 1HA
Received 7 Aug 202613 Shad Thames London Southwark SE1 2PB
Received 7 Aug 20261- 36 Evelina Mansions New Church Road London Southwark SE5 7JW
Received 7 Aug 2026160 Tooley Street London Southwark SE1 2QH
Received 7 Aug 2026Flat 1 16 Peckham Hill Street London Southwark SE15 6BN
Received 7 Aug 202647 - 49 Tanner Street London Southwark SE1 3PL
Received 7 Aug 202647-49 Tanner Street London Southwark SE1 3PL
Received 7 Aug 202647-49 Tanner Street London Southwark SE1 3PL
Received 7 Aug 202647 - 49 Tanner Street London Southwark SE1 3PL
Received 7 Aug 202647 - 49 Tanner Street London Southwark SE1 3PL
Received 7 Aug 20262 Barkham Terrace London Southwark SE1 7PS
Received 7 Aug 202629 Abbey Gardens Southwark Park Road London Southwark SE16 3RQ
Received 10 Aug 2026166 Turney Road London Southwark SE21 7JJ
Received 10 Aug 20266 Lanbury Road London Southwark SE15 3DB
Received 10 Aug 2026Block C Former Mulberry Business Park Quebec Way London SE16
Received 10 Aug 2026Block C Former Mulberry Business Park Quebec Way London SE16
Received 6 Aug 2026Land Bounded By 34-70 Long Lane Tabard Street And Sterry Street And Southall Place London SE1
Received 10 Aug 2026Land Off Potters Fields Potters Fields Park London SE1 2SG
Received 6 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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