Construction leads · Southwark

Construction leads in Southwark: 520+ new in 90 days.

526 applications filed with Southwark council in the 90 days to 21 Oct 2026 mean work for at least one trade: extensions, lofts, new windows, roofs, driveways. Pick your trade below, see your numbers, and get the addresses posted to you every month.

filed in the 90 days to 21 Oct 2026
526
in the last 12 months
1,517
household & minor work granted, 2025
91.9%
Southwark · work for tradesby filing month
Applications filed with Southwark council that match at least one trade at high or medium confidence. Refused and withdrawn applications are left out. *October to 21 Oct 2026.
By trade

Planning leads in Southwark, trade by trade.

Southwark council took 2,620 planning applications in the 12 months to 21 Oct 2026. 1,517 of them (58%) mean work for at least one trade; the rest are adverts, trees, conditions and paperwork, and they never reach a list.

Of the main building trades, Southwark's register favours windows & doors (646), roofing (451) and builders & bricklayers (422): one application usually means work for several trades, so these overlap.

The most active postcode districts are SE15 (284), SE1 (282) and SE22 (231).

About 181 trade-relevant applications a month over the last 5 full months, peaking in July 2026 with 229.

Applications that mean work, last 12 months

One application usually means work for several trades, so the rows overlap.

Where in Southwark, by postcode district

  • SE15284
  • SE1282
  • SE22231
  • SE5187
  • SE21155
  • SE16133
  • SE2461
  • SE1760

Your trade in Southwark

Off the register

The latest building work filed in Southwark, address hidden.

As filed with the council, newest first, tagged with the trade whose list it lands on. Subscribers get the full site address and planning reference for every one.

  • 19 Oct 2026 SE22 Builders Awaiting decision

    Replacement of existing rear conservatory with a single storey rear extension; hip-to-gable roof extension with rear dormer and front rooflights; removal of front porch…

    ●● ●●●●●●●● ●●●●, SE22
    Single-storey extension · work due now to 3 months from the decision
  • 19 Oct 2026 SE1 Landscaping & driveways Awaiting decision

    Details submitted to satisfy Schedule 5, Part 5, Paragraph 1.1 'Landscape Strategy' of the section 106 agreement relating to planning permission ref. 20/AP/0944

    ●● ●●●●●●●● ●●●●, SE1
    Landscaping / driveway / external works · work due now to 3 months from the decision
  • 19 Oct 2026 SE22 Roofing Awaiting decision

    Roof extension and loft conversion to the first floor flat, including a 200mm ridge raise, hip-to-gable conversion with a lightweight slate-hung gable, rear dormer and…

    ●● ●●●●●●●● ●●●●, SE22
    Loft conversion / dormer · work due now to 3 months from the decision
  • 16 Oct 2026 SE1 Windows & doors Awaiting decision

    Installation of two air condenser units and the display of 2 externally illuminated painted signs and an externally illuminated hanging sign. Replacement of the ground…

    ●● ●●●●●●●● ●●●●, SE1
    Replacement windows / doors · work due now to 2 months from the decision
  • 15 Oct 2026 SE15 Builders

    Construction of a single-storey ground floor side and rear extension, together with the erection of a detached garden room for ancillary domestic use.

    ●● ●●●●●●●● ●●●●, SE15
    Single-storey extension · work due now to 3 months from the decision
  • 14 Oct 2026 SE5 Builders Awaiting decision

    Listed building consent to demolish an existing 1980s rear extension and replace with a new single-storey extension that extends just over half of the existing rear…

    ●● ●●●●●●●● ●●●●, SE5
    Single-storey extension · work due now to 3 months from the decision
  • 26 Apr 2026 SE1 Kitchens Awaiting decision

    Prior approval for change of use from an office (Use Class E(g)(i)(offices)) to a self contained 2 bed residential unit (Use Class C3) at existing first floor and…

    ●● ●●●●●●●● ●●●●, SE1
    Open-plan / knock-through kitchen (no extension named) · work due 1 to 4 months from the decision
  • 16 Mar 2026 SE15 Kitchens Awaiting decision

    Erection of a single-storey rear and side extension, lowering of rear internal floor level to kitchen and living room, and alterations to the front elevation including…

    ●● ●●●●●●●● ●●●●, SE15
    Kitchen extension / open-plan kitchen · work due 1 to 4 months from the decision

Descriptions are the applicant’s own words from the public register. We leave out any row that names a person or carries a house number.

Timing

The plans are public weeks before Southwark decides.

A homeowner tells the council first. By the time they search for a firm, they’re already getting quotes. Your letter can land in the first week.

decided on time
94.6%
household & minor granted
91.9%
decisions in 2025
1,589

MHCLG planning statistics (PS2), Southwark, 2025. “Household & minor” is the government’s “other” category, which holds householder applications: 887 granted of 965. Southwark approval rates in full

  1. Day 0Plans filed with Southwark council

    The drawings go on the public register. That’s when we read them.

  2. Week 1Your letter lands

    Addressed to the Owner/Occupier, before the homeowner has rung anyone.

  3. About week 8The council decides

    The statutory target for household applications. Many take longer.

  4. ThenThey start ringing firms

    Your competitors meet them here. You wrote to them two months ago.

Patch check

Is your patch still yours to take?

Tell us what you do and where. We’ll run the last 90 days of the public register through the same rules your list uses and show you the demand for your trade sitting in it right now. No card, no trial, no obligation.

Counts only. High and medium confidence matches, deduplicated to one line per application. The site addresses, planning references and per-row reasoning are what a subscription buys.

The rules

Straight about what you get, and what you don’t.

Post only

Addresses for letters to “The Owner/Occupier”. No phone numbers, no names, no doorstep lists.

One firm per trade per patch

Exclusive cover means we won’t sell your councils or postcodes to another firm in your trade while you hold them. Checked before you pay.

A limit on letters per home

We limit how many PlanWatch letters one household gets in a month, across every trade. Exclusive cover is never held back by that limit.

Price

£149 a month. Southwark, yours.

One trade, Southwark or any patch you choose, billed monthly. No contract, no trial. If someone in your trade already holds Southwark, we tell you before you pay.

  • An addressed list of every matching home in Southwark, with the work filed and when your trade is needed
  • Your patch, your trade, nobody else: exclusive cover, checked before you pay
  • A CSV your printer or mailing house runs as it is
  • First list in 24 hours, then only the new homes every month. Never the same address twice
Demand RadarExclusive patch
£149a month · one trade · your patch

Questions before you sign up? Email business@planwatch.co.uk.

Questions

Straight answers

Something we haven’t answered? Email business@planwatch.co.uk and a person will reply within one working day.

How many construction leads are there in Southwark?

526 in the 90 days to 21 Oct 2026 and 1,517 in the 12 months to the same date: planning applications filed with Southwark council that match at least one trade's rules at high or medium confidence. Refused and withdrawn applications are left out.

Which trades get the most work from planning applications in Southwark?

Over the last 12 months: skip hire & waste (673), windows & doors (646), electricians (608), tree surgery (578), flooring (575) and plastering & decorating (575). Most applications mean work for more than one trade: an extension needs a builder, a roofer, windows, electrics and plastering.

Where in Southwark is the most building work?

By postcode district, over the last 12 months: SE15 (284), SE1 (282), SE22 (231), SE5 (187) and SE21 (155).

How quickly does Southwark council decide planning applications?

Southwark council decided 94.6% of its applications within the statutory time limit in 2025, and granted 91.9% of its "other" decisions, the government category that holds householder applications (887 of 965, MHCLG PS2 figures). The target for a householder application is eight weeks, so a letter sent the week it is filed lands well before the decision.

Where does the data come from?

Southwark council's own public planning register, read every day. We match each application against the trade rules your list uses, drop refused and withdrawn applications, and keep one line per household. We never sell names or phone numbers.

How do I get the addresses?

Pick your trade and claim your patch: £149 a month for one trade. Your first list arrives within 24 hours, then only new homes every month, as a CSV for letters to "The Owner/Occupier". One firm per trade per patch.

Near Southwark

Construction leads in the councils around Southwark.

Counts are refreshed daily from the register and dated 21 Oct 2026. In the 90-day count, “new” means filed from 24 Jul 2026 to 21 Oct 2026.

Southwark filed 526 building applications in 90 days. Who wrote to them?

Check your patch in one field: no card, no sign-up. If it’s free in your trade, it’s yours for £149 a month.

PlanWatch for business · leads from the public UK planning register · postal outreach only, addressed to “The Owner/Occupier”. How it works