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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565 approved · 33 refused · 13 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
49 Henshaw Street London Southwark SE17 1PE
Received 2 Sept 202624A Talfourd Road London Southwark SE15 5NY
Received 2 Sept 2026Flat 5 9 Bell Yard Mews London Southwark SE1 3UY
Received 2 Sept 202643 Webber Street London Southwark SE1 0RF
Received 2 Sept 2026789-799 Old Kent Road London Southwark SE15 1NZ
Received 2 Sept 20267 Soames Street London Southwark SE15 4BZ
Received 2 Sept 2026Cantium Retail Park 520 Old Kent Road London Southwark SE1 5BA
Received 2 Sept 2026Block C Former Mulberry Business Park Quebec Way London SE16
Received 2 Sept 2026Block C Former Mulberry Business Park Quebec Way London SE16
Received 2 Sept 202611 Trinity Church Square London Southwark SE1 4HU
Received 2 Sept 2026Block C Former Mulberry Business Park Quebec Way London SE16
Received 3 Sept 202611 Trinity Church Square London Southwark SE1 4HU
Received 3 Sept 20265-7 Cottage Green And 69 Southampton Way London Southwark SE5 7ST
Received 3 Sept 202641A Crimscott Street London Southwark SE1 5TE
Received 3 Sept 2026Land Adjacent To 25 Brabourn Grove London Southwark SE15 2BS
Received 3 Sept 20262-4 Melior Place London Southwark SE1 3SZ
Received 3 Sept 202654 Goodrich Road London Southwark SE22 0EQ
Received 3 Sept 2026224 - 226 Tower Bridge Road London Southwark SE1 2UP
Received 4 Sept 2026300 Southampton Way London Southwark SE5 7HQ
Received 4 Sept 2026Tustin Estate Land Bounded By Manor Grove Ilderton Road Hillbeck Close Old Kent Road London Southwark SE1
Received 4 Sept 2026Alleyns School Townley Road London Southwark SE22 8SU
Received 4 Sept 202690 Beauval Road London Southwark SE22 8UH
Received 4 Sept 202623 Etherow Street London Southwark SE22 0JY
Received 4 Sept 20262 -4 Melior Place London Southwark
Received 4 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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