Understanding planning · 13 min read
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565 approved · 33 refused · 13 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
255 Crystal Palace Road London Southwark SE22 9JH
Received 20 Aug 2026255 Crystal Palace Road London Southwark SE22 9JH
Received 20 Aug 202648 Keston Road London Southwark SE15 4JB
Received 21 Aug 202627 Fellbrigg Road London Southwark SE22 9HQ
Received 21 Aug 202652 Queens Road London Southwark SE15 2QW
Received 21 Aug 20265 Townley Road London Southwark SE22 8SW
Received 21 Aug 202636 Grove Park London Southwark SE5 8LG
Received 21 Aug 2026Rich Industrial Estate Crimscott Street And Willow Walk London Southwark SE1 5TE
Received 21 Aug 2026The Leathermarket Weston Street London Southwark SE1 3ER
Received 21 Aug 2026The Leathermarket Weston Street London Southwark SE1 3ER
Received 21 Aug 2026Faraday Gardens Date Street London Southwark SE17
Received 21 Aug 2026151 Rye Lane London Southwark SE15 4TL
Received 21 Aug 2026Newington Gardens Harper Road London Southwark SE1
Received 21 Aug 202619 Merrick Square London Southwark SE1 4JB
Received 21 Aug 202613 Hawkslade Road London Southwark SE15 3DQ
Received 21 Aug 2026The Hop Exchange 24 Southwark Street London Southwark SE1 1TY
Received 21 Aug 2026651 - 657 Old Kent Road London Southwark SE15 1JU
Received 21 Aug 2026Flat E 2 Transom Close London Southwark SE16 7FH
Received 21 Aug 20264-8 Whites Grounds And 9 Tanner Street London Southwark SE1 3LE
Received 24 Aug 20269 And 11 Gowlett Road London Southwark
Received 24 Aug 202665 Calton Avenue London Southwark SE21 7DF
Received 24 Aug 20263 Berryfield Road London Southwark SE17 3QE
Received 24 Aug 20268 Kinsale Road London Southwark SE15 4HL
Received 21 Aug 2026The Hop Exchange 24 Southwark Street London Southwark SE1 1TY
Received 24 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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