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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2,884 approved · 545 refused · 66 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
206 MINARD ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1NJ
Received 11 Mar 2025149A DEVONSHIRE ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3LZ
Received 11 Mar 2025114-116 MANOR AVENUE, LONDON, SE4 1TE
Received 11 Mar 20258 DUKE HUMPHREY ROAD, LONDON, SE3 0TY
Received 11 Mar 202540 PITFOLD ROAD, LONDON, SE12 9HX
Received 11 Mar 202581 FURTHER GREEN ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1JG
Received 11 Mar 20258 BLACKHEATH RISE, LONDON, SE13 7PN
Received 11 Mar 202515 LE MAY AVENUE, LONDON, SE12 9SU
Received 11 Mar 202513 ST JOHN'S VALE, LONDON, SE8 4EA
Received 11 Mar 2025136 MANOR LANE, LONDON, SE12 8LR
Received 12 Mar 2025GROUND FLOOR FLAT, 70 BREAKSPEARS ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1TS
Received 12 Mar 202549 HATCHAM PARK ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5QE
Received 12 Mar 2025234 WELLMEADOW ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1HS
Received 12 Mar 202589 BAMFORD ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 5QP
Received 12 Mar 2025FORMER LEWISHAM COLLEGE, 1 DEPTFORD BRIDGE, LONDON, SE8 4HH
Received 13 Mar 202577 HAWKESFIELD ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2TN
Received 12 Mar 20251-18 GARDEN ROW, HEATHSIDE AND LETHBRIDGE ESTATE, BLACKHEATH HILL, LONDON, SE10 8EN
Received 12 Mar 202552 HEATHER ROAD, LONDON, SE12 0UQ
Received 12 Mar 2025359 SYDENHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE26 5SL
Received 12 Mar 2025359 SYDENHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE26 5SL
Received 12 Mar 2025359 SYDENHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE26 5SL
Received 12 Mar 202521 RAVENSBOURNE ROAD, LONDON, SE6 4UU
Received 12 Mar 202513 BRIGHTSIDE ROAD, LONDON, SE13 6EN
Received 12 Mar 202510 LEE ROAD, LONDON, SE3 9RT
Received 12 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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