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Our planning documents

All adopted documents are listed in the table below.

Title

Type of document

Date of adoption

Southwark Plan (2022) (PDF, 63.3mb)

Local Plan

February 2022

Adopted Policies Map

Local Plan

February 2022

South Bank and Waterloo Neighbourhood Plan (PDF, 4.6mb)

Neighbourhood Plan

July 2020

Heritage Supplementary Planning Document (PDF, 14.6mb)

Supplementary Planning Document

October 2021

Development Viability Supplementary Planning Document (PDF, 736kb)

Supplementary Planning Document 

March 2016

Section 106 Planning Obligations and Community Infrastructure Levy Supplementary Planning Document (PDF, 3.1mb)

(Replaced Planning Obligations (Section 106) Supplementary Planning Document 2007, adopted 2011; updated with addendum January 2017 (Old Kent Road transport); amended in November 2020 (Carbon Offset Price))

Supplementary Planning Document 

April 2015

Dulwich Supplementary Planning Document (PDF, 1.7mb)

Supplementary Planning Document 

 July 2013

Residential Design Standards Supplementary Planning Document (PDF, 824kb)

(Updated with a technical update in 2015)

Supplementary Planning Document 

October 2011

Affordable Housing Supplementary Planning Document 2008 (PDF, 1.8mb) and draft Affordable Housing Supplementary Planning Document 2011 (PDF, 1.5mb)

Supplementary Planning Document 

September 2008

Design and Access Statements Supplementary Planning Document (PDF, 887kb)

Supplementary Planning Document 

September 2007

Telecommunications Supplementary Planning Guidance (PDF, 688kb)

Supplementary Planning Document 

November 2004

Outdoor Advertisements and Signage Supplementary Planning Guidance (PDF, 901kb)

Supplementary Planning Document 

November 2004

Statement of Community Involvement (2022) (PDF, 361kb) and Development Consultation Charter (PDF, 235kb)

Other local statutory documents

December 2022

Community Infrastructure Levy charging schedule

(First came into effect on 1 April 2015; revised in 2017)

Other local statutory documents

April 2015

Authority Monitoring Report

Other local statutory documents

Updated annually

We are also preparing an Area Action Plan (AAP) for Old Kent Road

Local Development Scheme 2022-2025

The Local development scheme (LDS) is a timetable published by the council for the preparation and adoption of local planning policy and guidance documents, including the Local Plan, Area Action Plans (AAPs), Supplementary Planning Documents (SPD) and others like the Statement of Community Involvement.

This LDS will replace the October 2019 LDS and provide a timetable for preparing Southwark’s Planning Documents for the period leading up to March 2025.

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