Planning and Building Control
The Planning and transport division provides a range of services, including
- Consideration of planning applications and applications for consent under building regulations
- Formulation of planning and transport policy
Development management
The planning control of new development is an essential part of maintaining the history and managing the future development of Southwark. This is carried out by the development management service, previously known as development control.
The development management service determines planning applications to ensure that proposed new developments support the council's community strategy, the council's development plan and both national and regional, Greater London Authority (GLA), planning policies.
The development management service also provides advice on the quality of design and negotiates planning agreements to deliver affordable housing and, where appropriate, other benefits to mitigate the impact of new developments on the environment and local community.
For general advice on development management matters see our contact details.
Building control
The Building control service makes sure all building work in the borough complies with building regulations. Building control approval is an independent check to ensure that building regulations have been complied with. Approval is gained by prior application and submission of details or by inspection of the ongoing works on site.
The building control team provides a comprehensive consultancy service for your building control requirements. Committed to providing a quality, flexible and responsible approach, the team work to make your building control submission as simple as possible.
Building control
Tel: 0845 600 1285
Fax: 020 7525 5575
building.control@southwark.gov.uk
Our postal address is
Regeneration and neighbourhoods
Planning and transport
Building control
PO Box 64529
London SE1P 5LX
Planning policy
The Planning policy team is responsible for developing planning policy and guidance included in the Southwark unitary development plan and related Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG). The Southwark plan is the framework for all land use and development in the borough and is fundamental to delivering key elements of other council strategies including the community strategy. The team also provides advice on current and future policy and land use designations.
For more information please contact planning policy.
Do you want to be involved and informed?
Visit the Planning Committee pages. You will then be able to select either the agenda, minutes or the report for your meeting and view the document.
You will also be able to contact the individual officers responsible for the information in case you have difficulties accessing, downloading or finding a document.
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