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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565 approved · 33 refused · 13 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Church Of St Thomas More 380 Lordship Lane London Southwark SE22 8ND
Received 10 Sept 2026Abbey Rose Blackpool Road London Southwark SE15 3SU
Received 5 Aug 2026105 Pages Walk London Southwark SE1 4HD
Received 10 Sept 2026Land Known As Devonshire Place 747-759 And 765-775 Old Kent Road And Land At Devonshire Grove London SE15 1NZ
Received 9 Sept 20269 Marmora Road London Southwark SE22 0RX
Received 10 Sept 202655 Worlingham Road London Southwark SE22 9HD
Received 10 Sept 2026131 Sydenham Hill London Southwark SE26 6LW
Received 10 Sept 202618 Whorlton Road London Southwark SE15 3PD
Received 11 Sept 202681 Calton Avenue London Southwark SE21 7DF
Received 11 Sept 202624 Ryedale London Southwark SE22 0QW
Received 11 Sept 202671 Peckham Road London Southwark SE5 8UH
Received 11 Sept 2026123 Grove Park London Southwark SE5 8LD
Received 11 Sept 202648-110 Providence Square London Southwark SE1 2EB
Received 11 Sept 2026Second And Third Floor Anchor Brewhouse 50 Shad Thames London Southwark SE1 2LY
Received 11 Sept 202678 - 94 Ormside Street London Southwark SE15 1TF
Received 11 Sept 202671 Peckham Road London Southwark SE5 8UH
Received 11 Sept 202671 Peckham Road London Southwark SE5 8UH
Received 11 Sept 20266 Dulwich Common London Southwark SE21 7EX
Received 11 Sept 2026145 Court Lane London Southwark SE21 7EE
Received 9 Sept 2026Land Known As Devonshire Place 747-759 And 765-775 Old Kent Road And Land At Devonshire Grove London SE15 1NZ
Received 11 Sept 202622B Ulverscroft Road London Southwark SE22 9HG
Received 11 Sept 2026147 Cooks Road London Southwark SE17 3NS
Received 11 Sept 202679-161 Ilderton Road London Southwark SE16 3JZ
Received 11 Sept 2026The Admiral Hyson Estate Galleywall Road London Southwark SE16 3PA
Received 14 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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