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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2,884 approved · 545 refused · 66 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
49 BARING ROAD, LONDON, SE12 0JP
Received 6 May 202530 LAUNCELOT ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 5DR
Received 6 May 2025212 ALBYN ROAD, LONDON, SE8 4JQ
Received 7 May 2025113 JERNINGHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5NH
Received 7 May 20252 NAPIER CLOSE, LONDON, SE8 4ND
Received 8 May 2025THE BEECHES, DOME HILL PARK, LONDON, SE26 6SP
Received 8 May 202513 LAWRIE PARK AVENUE, LONDON, SE26 6HA
Received 8 May 2025LEWISHAM LIBRARY, 199-201 LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE13 6LG
Received 8 May 2025121 RUSHEY GREEN, LONDON, SE6 4AA
Received 8 May 202549 ROSENTHAL ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2BX
Received 8 May 2025143 HAZELBANK ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1LT
Received 8 May 202540-45 DEANS GATE CLOSE, LONDON, SE23 2XX
Received 8 May 2025FLAT 33, JASMIN COURT, WOODYATES ROAD, LONDON, SE12 9JD
Received 8 May 202550 RANDLESDOWN ROAD, LONDON, SE6 3BT
Received 8 May 2025LAND ON THE EAST SIDE OF, 68 RAVENSBOURNE PARK CRESCENT, LONDON, SE6 4YP
Received 8 May 202550 AVIGNON ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2JT
Received 8 May 2025147 DOWNDERRY ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 5QE
Received 9 May 202586 OLDSTEAD ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 5RJ
Received 9 May 2025THE ORCHARD, MOUNT GARDENS, LONDON, SE26 4NG
Received 8 May 202548 HEDGLEY STREET, LONDON, SE12 8PE
Received 9 May 2025118 DARTMOUTH ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4RW
Received 9 May 2025WATERGATE SCHOOL, LUSHINGTON ROAD, LONDON, SE6 3RJ
Received 9 May 2025187 MANWOOD ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1SF
Received 9 May 2025BLACKHEATH VILLAGE POST OFFICE, BLACKHEATH GROVE, LONDON, SE3 0AU
Received 9 May 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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