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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565 approved · 33 refused · 13 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1-3 The News Building London Bridge Street London Southwark SE1 9SG
Received 4 Sept 202631 Highshore Road London Southwark SE15 5AF
Received 4 Sept 2026Flat 3 3 Crescent Wood Road London Southwark SE26 6RT
Received 4 Sept 202677 Wood Vale London Southwark SE23 3DT
Received 4 Sept 2026254 - 268 Camberwell Road London Southwark SE5 0DP
Received 4 Sept 2026Flat 3 3 Crescent Wood Road London Southwark SE26 6RT
Received 4 Sept 20263 Crescent Wood Road London Southwark SE26 6RT
Received 4 Sept 2026102A Burbage Road London Southwark SE24 9HE
Received 4 Sept 2026102A Burbage Road London Southwark SE24 9HE
Received 4 Sept 2026651-657 Old Kent Road London Southwark SE15 1JU
Received 4 Sept 202698A Upland Road London Southwark SE22 0DE
Received 7 Sept 2026Wigglesworth House 69 Southwark Bridge Road London Southwark SE1 9HH
Received 7 Sept 202630 Tresco Road London Southwark SE15 3PX
Received 7 Sept 202621 St Georges Road London Southwark
Received 7 Sept 202613 New Frederick Mews London Southwark SE17 3FX
Received 7 Sept 2026Unit 12 6 Ragstone Street London Southwark SE1 6GN
Received 7 Sept 202640-46 Solomons Passage London Southwark
Received 7 Sept 202614-16 Belfield Clarke Square London Southwark SE1 6GP
Received 7 Sept 202632 Gilkes Crescent London Southwark SE21 7BS
Received 7 Sept 2026Block C Former Mulberry Business Park Quebec Way London SE16
Received 7 Sept 2026William Booth Training College Champion Park London Southwark SE5 8BQ
Received 7 Sept 202650 Peckarmans Wood London Southwark SE26 6RZ
Received 7 Sept 20263 Great Spilmans London Southwark SE22 8SZ
Received 7 Sept 2026Camberwell Police Station 9 Wren Road London Southwark SE5 8QP
Received 7 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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