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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2,884 approved · 545 refused · 66 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
48 PARBURY ROAD, LONDON, SE23 1PA
Received 24 Apr 202539-43 EDDYSTONE ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2DE
Received 25 Apr 202531 BARGERY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2LJ
Received 25 Apr 2025COMMUNAL AREAS BETWEEN MARVELS LANE, GROVE PARK & CHA BETWEEN MARVEL LAND CHESTERFIELD AND, GROVE PARK ROAD, LONDON, SE9 4PR
Received 25 Apr 2025RIVERSIDE YOUTH CENTRE, GROVE STREET, LONDON, SE8 3QQ
Received 25 Apr 202535A ADDINGTON GROVE, LONDON, SE26 4JX
Received 25 Apr 202524 LEE TERRACE, LONDON, SE3 9TZ
Received 24 Apr 2025110 THE WOODLANDS, LONDON, SE13 6TX
Received 25 Apr 2025GARAGES TO THE REAR OF, CREELAND GROVE, LONDON, SE6 4LE
Received 25 Apr 202520 CASELLA ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5QL
Received 25 Apr 20251A KINVER ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4NT
Received 25 Apr 2025152A LEE HIGH ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5PR
Received 25 Apr 202537A BREAKSPEARS ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1XR
Received 28 Apr 202599 ARMOURY ROAD, LONDON, SE8 4LB
Received 28 Apr 202589 ALBYN ROAD, LONDON, SE8 4EB
Received 28 Apr 20253 TREMAINE CLOSE, LONDON, SE4 1YF
Received 28 Apr 202567 ARABIN ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2SD
Received 28 Apr 202519 ALLENBY ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2RQ
Received 28 Apr 202538 ST GERMAN'S ROAD, LONDON, SE23 1RJ
Received 28 Apr 2025BLACKHEATH HOSPITAL - OUTPATIENTS CENTRE, WINCHESTER HOUSE, INDEPENDENTS ROAD, LONDON, SE3 9LF
Received 25 Apr 2025UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEWISHAM, LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE13 6LH
Received 28 Apr 2025LAND AND GARAGES TO THE REAR OF, 60 BREAKSPEARS ROAD, LONDON, SE4
Received 28 Apr 2025109 RUSHEY GREEN, LONDON, SE6 4AF
Received 28 Apr 2025219-221 LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE13 6LY
Received 28 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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