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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2,884 approved · 545 refused · 66 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
73-75 LONDON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3TY
Received 5 Mar 202549A LONDON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3TY
Received 5 Mar 202599 TYRWHITT ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1QE
Received 5 Mar 20258 MOUNT ASH ROAD, LONDON, SE26 6LZ
Received 5 Mar 202510 TREMAINE CLOSE, LONDON, SE4 1YF
Received 6 Mar 20253 CHILTHORNE CLOSE, LONDON, SE6 4YW
Received 6 Mar 2025CHESTER LODGE, 25 AND A HALF, WICKHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1PL
Received 6 Mar 2025GROUND FLOOR FLAT, 93 WALLER ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5LB
Received 6 Mar 2025361 SYDENHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE26 5SL
Received 6 Mar 2025361 SYDENHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE26 5SL
Received 6 Mar 2025361 SYDENHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE26 5SL
Received 6 Mar 2025309 BARING ROAD, LONDON, SE12 0DZ
Received 6 Mar 202542 CATERHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5AR
Received 6 Mar 2025INGLEMERE DOMUS, 27 INGLEMERE ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2BB
Received 6 Mar 2025LOWER FLAT, 10 EDRIC ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5EL
Received 6 Mar 2025126 NEW CROSS ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5BA
Received 6 Mar 202531 INCHMERY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2NA
Received 6 Mar 2025HESPER HOUSE, WELLS PARK ROAD, LONDON, SE26 6RQ
Received 6 Mar 202560 RADFORD ROAD, LONDON, SE13 6RZ
Received 7 Mar 2025HESPER HOUSE, WELLS PARK ROAD, LONDON, SE26 6RQ
Received 7 Mar 2025225 MANWOOD ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1SF
Received 7 Mar 2025225 MANWOOD ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1SF
Received 7 Mar 2025176 GRIERSON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 1NU
Received 7 Mar 202567 BOUSFIELD ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5TP
Received 7 Mar 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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