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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565 approved · 33 refused · 13 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
64 Abbotswood Road London Southwark SE22 8DL
Received 24 Aug 202632 Liverpool Grove London Southwark SE17 2HJ
Received 24 Aug 2026Magistrates Court 15 Deynsford Road London Southwark SE5 7UP
Received 24 Aug 20263 Kerning Street London Southwark SE1 6GP
Received 24 Aug 202647-49 Tanner Street London Southwark SE1 3PL
Received 21 Aug 202647-49 Tanner Street London Southwark SE1 3PL
Received 21 Aug 20261 Pedworth Gardens London Southwark SE16 2DX
Received 24 Aug 202628 Tyrrell Road London Southwark SE22 9NE
Received 25 Aug 20261 Sartor Road And 62 Borland Road London Southwark SE15 3BB
Received 25 Aug 202612 Buckstone Close London Southwark SE23 3QT
Received 25 Aug 2026Edinburgh Court Rotherhithe Street London Southwark SE16 5SL
Received 25 Aug 2026189 Southwark Park Road London Southwark SE16 3TX
Received 26 Aug 2026Camberwell Leisure Centre Artichoke Place London Southwark SE5 8TS
Received 25 Aug 202633-38 Rushworth Street And 1-7 King Bench Street London Southwark SE1 0RB
Received 25 Aug 20261 Merrick Square London Southwark SE1 4JB
Received 25 Aug 2026160 Blackfriars Road London Southwark SE1 8EZ
Received 26 Aug 2026Sessions House Newington Causeway London Southwark SE1 6AZ
Received 26 Aug 202676 Shenley Road London Southwark SE5 8NQ
Received 26 Aug 202636 Chadwick Road London Southwark SE15 4RA
Received 26 Aug 202615 Sydenham Hill London Southwark SE26 6SH
Received 26 Aug 2026Cantium Retail Park 520 Old Kent Road London Southwark SE1 5BA
Received 27 Aug 20264 Omeara Street London Southwark SE1 1TE
Received 27 Aug 2026193 Brook Drive London Southwark SE11 4TG
Received 27 Aug 2026160 Upland Road London Southwark SE22 0DQ
Received 27 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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