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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2,884 approved · 545 refused · 66 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LAND TO THE REAR OF VALE LODGE, PERRY VALE, LONDON, SE23 2LG
Received 16 Apr 2025LAND TO THE REAR OF VALE LODGE, PERRY VALE, LONDON, SE23 2LG
Received 16 Apr 2025LAND TO THE REAR OF VALE LODGE, PERRY VALE, LONDON, SE23 2LG
Received 16 Apr 2025THE DEPTFORD CENTRE, SPEEDWELL STREET, LONDON, SE8 4AT
Received 16 Apr 2025LAND AT THE FORMER BELL GREEN GAS WORKS, BELL GREEN, LONDON, SE26
Received 15 Apr 202580 LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE13 5JH
Received 16 Apr 20254-12 DEPTFORD BRIDGE, LONDON, SE8 4HH
Received 16 Apr 202528 DARTMOUTH ROW, LONDON, SE10 8AW
Received 15 Apr 2025MONTPELIER VALE, LONDON
Received 14 Apr 2025106 NEWLANDS PARK, LONDON, SE26 5NB
Received 16 Apr 2025125 WELLMEADOW ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1HN
Received 16 Apr 2025157 ENGLEHEART ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2EU
Received 16 Apr 20259 TREMAINE CLOSE, LONDON, SE4 1YF
Received 16 Apr 2025BLACKHEATH BUSINESS ESTATE, BLACKHEATH HILL, LONDON, SE10 8BA
Received 16 Apr 2025114-116 MANOR AVENUE, LONDON, SE4 1TE
Received 16 Apr 2025491-505 SOUTHEND LANE, LONDON, SE26 5BL
Received 16 Apr 2025FLAT 3, 13 MANOR AVENUE, LONDON, SE4 1PE
Received 17 Apr 2025FLAT 3, 13 MANOR AVENUE, LONDON, SE4 1PE
Received 17 Apr 202517A THEODORE ROAD, LONDON, SE13 6HT
Received 17 Apr 20254 DUNCRIEVIE ROAD, LONDON, SE13 6TE
Received 17 Apr 2025CAROLINE GRAVESON BUILDING, BATAVIA ROAD, LONDON, SE14 6BJ
Received 17 Apr 2025INGLEMERE DOMUS, 27 INGLEMERE ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2BB
Received 17 Apr 2025INGLEMERE DOMUS, 27 INGLEMERE ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2BB
Received 17 Apr 2025159A UPPER BROCKLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1TF
Received 17 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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