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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565 approved · 33 refused · 13 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23B Adys Road London Southwark SE15 4DX
Received 8 Sept 2026Vintage Yard 59 - 63 Bermondsey Street London Southwark SE1 3XF
Received 8 Sept 2026Vintage Yard 59 - 63 Bermondsey Street London Southwark SE1 3XF
Received 8 Sept 202622 Rodwell Road London Southwark SE22 9LF
Received 8 Sept 202621 Druce Road London Southwark SE21 7DW
Received 7 Sept 20265 Woodhall Drive London Southwark SE21 7HJ
Received 8 Sept 2026Land At Including Edward Edwards House And The Prince William Pub, Suthring House 216-220 Blackfriars Road North Of Nicholson Street London SE1
Received 8 Sept 2026358-384 Old Kent Road London Southwark SE1 5AA
Received 8 Sept 202641 Highshore Road London Southwark SE15 5AF
Received 8 Sept 202641 Highshore Road London Southwark SE15 5AF
Received 8 Sept 2026Medivet Plot H11B Opposite Singer House 1 Hewson Way London Southwark SE17 1HZ
Received 8 Sept 2026651-657 Old Kent Road London Southwark SE15 1JU
Received 4 Sept 2026145 Court Lane London Southwark SE21 7EE
Received 9 Sept 2026Quadrangle Close Leroy Street London Southwark SE1 4SQ
Received 9 Sept 2026Quadrangle Close Leroy Street London Southwark SE1 4SQ
Received 9 Sept 2026Land At Including Edward Edwards House And The Prince William Pub, Suthring House 216-220 Blackfriars Road North Of Nicholson Street London SE1
Received 9 Sept 2026Guys Hospital Medical School Great Maze Pond London Southwark
Received 9 Sept 20266 Porlock Street London Southwark SE1 3RY
Received 9 Sept 2026First Floor And Second Floor Flat 45 Charleston Street London Southwark SE17 1NG
Received 9 Sept 202619A Borough High Street Southwark SE1 9SF
Received 9 Sept 202645 Oxley Close London Southwark SE1 5HF
Received 9 Sept 202627 St Francis Road London Southwark SE22 8DE
Received 9 Sept 202645 Oxley Close London Southwark SE1 5HF
Received 9 Sept 2026Castle Square And Elephant Road London SE1 6TW
Received 10 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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