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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2,884 approved · 545 refused · 66 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
82 PERRY RISE, LONDON, SE23 2QL
Received 17 Apr 202514A NETTLETON ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5UJ
Received 21 Apr 202518 ALGIERS ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7JE
Received 21 Apr 20253 JEWS WALK, LONDON, SE26 6PJ
Received 21 Apr 202532 LALEHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2HT
Received 21 Apr 2025443 BROMLEY ROAD, LONDON, BR1 4PH
Received 22 Apr 20252 PARAGON PLACE, LONDON, SE3 0SP
Received 22 Apr 2025FLAT 4, PRESTIGE HOUSE, 4 BELLINGHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2PT
Received 22 Apr 202540 OMMANEY ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5NT
Received 22 Apr 20251 HEATHER CLOSE, LONDON, SE13 6UG
Received 22 Apr 20258 ST MARGARET'S ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1YU
Received 22 Apr 202513 BARLBOROUGH STREET, LONDON, SE14 5EE
Received 22 Apr 2025147 WYDEVILLE MANOR ROAD, LONDON, SE12 0EQ
Received 22 Apr 202549 MANOR AVENUE, LONDON, SE4 1TD
Received 22 Apr 20255 KILGOUR ROAD, LONDON, SE23 1PG
Received 22 Apr 2025CAVENDISH COURT, 21-23 BROMLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2TS
Received 22 Apr 202536 DARTMOUTH ROW, LONDON, SE10 8AW
Received 22 Apr 202513A RINGMORE RISE, LONDON, SE23 3DF
Received 22 Apr 2025241 STANSTEAD ROAD, LONDON, SE23 1HU
Received 23 Apr 2025PUBLIC OFF-STREET CARPARK, DARTMOUTH ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3HN
Received 22 Apr 2025SUN WHARF, CREEKSIDE, LONDON, SE8 3DZ
Received 23 Apr 202514 SOMERSET GARDENS, LONDON, SE13 7SY
Received 23 Apr 202579 UPPER BROCKLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1TF
Received 23 Apr 2025CROSSWAYS ACADEMY, SPRULES ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2NL
Received 23 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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