Understanding planning · 13 min read
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 Lambeth. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
3,294 approved · 819 refused · 253 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Jan 2014 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
3 Somers Place London Lambeth SW2 2AL
Received 13 Mar 202664 Gipsy Hill London Lambeth SE19 1PD
Received 13 Mar 202662 Gipsy Hill London SE19 1PD
Received 13 Mar 2026137 Gleneagle Road London SW16 6AZ
Received 13 Mar 20261A Chelsham Road London Lambeth SW4 6NR
Received 13 Mar 20261 - 5 Lower Marsh London SE1 7RJ
Received 13 Mar 2026St Thomas' Hospital 249 Westminster Bridge Road London Lambeth SE1 7EH
Received 13 Mar 20261 - 5 Lower Marsh London SE1 7RJ
Received 13 Mar 20261 - 5 Lower Marsh London SE1 7RJ
Received 13 Mar 20261 - 5 Lower Marsh London SE1 7RJ
Received 13 Mar 2026Queen Elizabeth Hall And Purcell Room South Bank London SE1 8XX
Received 13 Mar 2026St Marys Hall Great Acre Court London SW4 7BA
Received 13 Mar 2026Queen Elizabeth Hall And Purcell Room South Bank London SE1 8XX
Received 13 Mar 202634 Ambleside Avenue London SW16 1QP
Received 13 Mar 20261 St Alphonsus Road London SW4 7BA
Received 13 Mar 202682 And 84 Woodfield Avenue London SW16 1LD
Received 13 Mar 2026Land Between Somerleyton Rd And Rail Line, Excluding Brixton House And 16-22 Somerleyton London SW9
Received 13 Mar 2026Land Between Somerleyton Rd And Rail Line, Excluding Brixton House And 16-22 Somerleyton London SW9
Received 13 Mar 2026Land Between Somerleyton Rd And Rail Line, Excluding Brixton House And 16-22 Somerleyton London SW9
Received 13 Mar 2026Land Between Somerleyton Rd And Rail Line, Excluding Brixton House And 16-22 Somerleyton London SW9
Received 13 Mar 2026Land Between Somerleyton Rd And Rail Line, Excluding Brixton House And 16-22 Somerleyton London SW9
Received 13 Mar 2026221 South Lambeth Road London SW8 1XR
Received 13 Mar 202618-19 The Pavement London SW4 0HY
Received 13 Mar 202616 Ellora Road London SW16 6JF
Received 13 Mar 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 Lambeth, 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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