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565 approved · 33 refused · 13 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ground Floor Flat 67 Avondale Rise London Southwark SE15 4AJ
Received 27 Aug 20269 Oxonian Street London Southwark SE22 8HR
Received 27 Aug 2026Camberwell Police Station 9 Wren Road London Southwark SE5 8QP
Received 27 Aug 202631 Amelia Street London Southwark SE17 3PY
Received 27 Aug 2026Flat 5 70 Renforth Street London Southwark SE16 7JZ
Received 28 Aug 202657 -61 Union Street London Southwark SE1 1SG
Received 28 Aug 202657-61 Union Street London Southwark SE1 1SG
Received 28 Aug 2026Flat 1 28 The Gardens London Southwark SE22 9QE
Received 28 Aug 2026Flat 1 27 The Gardens London Southwark SE22 9QE
Received 28 Aug 2026Flat 18 St Saviours Wharf 23 Mill Street London Southwark SE1 2BE
Received 28 Aug 202686 And 87 St Aidans Road London Southwark SE22 0RW
Received 28 Aug 202637 Stradella Road London Southwark SE24 9HN
Received 28 Aug 2026Southwark Underground Station The Cut London Southwark
Received 26 Aug 2026Southwark Underground Station The Cut London Southwark
Received 26 Aug 2026Southwark Underground Station The Cut London Southwark
Received 26 Aug 2026Southwark Underground Station The Cut London Southwark
Received 26 Aug 2026Chatelain House 182-202 Walworth Road London Southwark SE17 1RW
Received 28 Aug 2026Unit 1 And Unit 4 Canada Water Retail Park Surrey Quays Road London Southwark SE16 2XU
Received 28 Aug 2026Unit 1 And Unit 4 Canada Water Retail Park Surrey Quays Road London Southwark SE16 2XU
Received 28 Aug 202641 Linden Grove London Southwark SE15 3LW
Received 28 Aug 2026New City Court 4-26 St Thomas Street London SE1 9RS
Received 28 Aug 202623 Alberta Street London Southwark SE17 3SF
Received 1 Sept 202611A Landcroft Road London Southwark SE22 9LQ
Received 28 Aug 2026209 Camberwell New Road London Southwark SE5 0TJ
Received 1 Sept 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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