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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 Lewisham. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
2,884 approved · 545 refused · 66 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Mar 2003 to 5 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 9 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
324-328 LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE13 6JZ
Received 1 Apr 2025UNIT 5, GOLDCREST HOUSE, 32-64 LEE HIGH ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5FH
Received 2 Apr 20258A (FORMER SCOUT HUT), COURTRAI ROAD, LONDON, SE23 1PL
Received 2 Apr 202518 DUNKERY ROAD, LONDON, SE9 4HZ
Received 2 Apr 202544 MALPAS ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1BS
Received 2 Apr 2025LAND TO THE REAR OF 105 & 107, HONOR OAK PARK, LONDON, SE23 3LB
Received 2 Apr 20251 QUENTIN PLACE, LONDON, SE13 5DH
Received 2 Apr 2025FLAT 1, BANK BUILDINGS, 239A LEWISHAM WAY, LONDON, SE4 1XT
Received 3 Apr 2025393 BROCKLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2PH
Received 3 Apr 20251 BATTERSBY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1SA
Received 3 Apr 202511 DEPTFORD HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE8 4AD
Received 3 Apr 2025222 VERDANT LANE, LONDON, SE6 1TN
Received 3 Apr 2025HABERDASHERS ASKES HATCHAM COLLEGE, PEPYS ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5SF
Received 3 Apr 202511 BROCKLEY HALL ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1RH
Received 3 Apr 202511 BROCKLEY HALL ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1RH
Received 3 Apr 2025107 HONOR OAK PARK, LONDON, SE23 3LB
Received 3 Apr 2025233-235 LEWISHAM WAY, LONDON, SE4 1UY
Received 4 Apr 2025233-235 LEWISHAM WAY, LONDON, SE4 1UY
Received 4 Apr 20251 RADLET AVENUE, LONDON, SE26 4BZ
Received 4 Apr 2025MONTAGUE ARMS, 289 QUEENS ROAD, LONDON, SE15 2PA
Received 4 Apr 202572 CULVERLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2LA
Received 4 Apr 202534 HORNCASTLE ROAD, LONDON, SE12 9LA
Received 4 Apr 2025UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEWISHAM, LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE13 6LH
Received 4 Apr 20251 WRIGGLESWORTH STREET, LONDON, SE14 5EG
Received 4 Apr 2025Records 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 Lewisham, 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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