Rooflight planning approval rate in Southwark
95% of 1,278 decided rooflight applications in Southwark were approved.
Checked against 20.6 million UK planning applications on file across 420 planning authorities. Approval rates from 2,343,419 decisions we classified across 181 councils in England.
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95%
Approval rate, all years, from 1,278 decided
1,278
decided rooflight applications in Southwark: 1,214 approved, 64 refused
95%
Recent rate, decided since 2022, from 753 decided
How to read these rates
These are historical outcomes for the applications in our archive, not the chance of approval for your property. Compare the same project type and read the decided count alongside each percentage.
About the planning data
Rate = approved divided by approved plus refused, using the decisions in our classified archive. Rates are withheld as unknown where fewer than 8 records of that project type were decided. Withdrawn applications are excluded.
Recent means records dated 2022 or later. Records without a year are excluded from the recent rate but remain in the all-years figure. Historical coverage varies by council, and duplicate application references may remain in the archive.
Approval rates from 2,343,419 decisions we classified across 181 councils in England. The wider 20.6 million application catalogue is accessible through PlanIT; it is not the dataset used to calculate these percentages.
Read the full methodology and coverage notes.
Project types and outcomes are classified from council records. Check the original application and decision notice before relying on an individual example. A page rebuild does not mean every council record has just been refreshed.
Example rooflight decisions in Southwark
These examples deliberately include approved and refused applications where available. They are not a representative sample or a list of the latest decisions. Look up each reference on the council's planning search to read the plans and decision notice.
| Reference | Year | Decision | Application |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25/AP/2154 | 2026 | Approved | Partial discharge of condition 8 iv (plant enclosure), vi (dormer) viii (replacement windows) and ix (fifth floor hatch) 'Detailed drawings' pursuant to list... |
| 25/AP/2578 | 2026 | Approved | Construction of a rear dormer and installation of two front facing rooflights. First Floor Flat |
| 25/AP/2693 | 2026 | Approved | Construction of a rear dormer to the main roof slope and a hip-to-gable extension, raising the side roof wall. The insertion of 3x rooflights to the front ro... |
| 24/AP/2840 | 2025 | Refused | Extension and modifcation of existing loft conversion in the rear roof, new loft extension above rear return and two new velux windows in the front roof slop... |
| 24/AP/3553 | 2025 | Refused | First floor terrace to rear with associated alterations to ground floor extension roof, rear dormer extension with 1no. rooflight to flat roof, squaring-off... |
| 24/AP/3793 | 2025 | Refused | Construction of rear roof dormer extension with two rooflights to front roof slope. |
About the planning data
Checked against 20.6 million UK planning applications on file across 420 planning authorities. Approval rates from 2,343,419 decisions we classified across 181 councils in England.
Other project types in Southwark
- Single-storey rear extension 92%, 2,018 decided
- Two-storey rear extension 92%, 470 decided
- Wraparound extension 95%, 745 decided
- Side extension 95%, 644 decided
- Loft conversion and dormer 86%, 1,006 decided
- Outbuilding and garden room 90%, 307 decided
- Porch 97%, 90 decided
- Garage conversion 98%, 54 decided
- Basement 95%, 2,064 decided
- Window and door 95%, 1,546 decided