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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2,884 approved · 545 refused · 66 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
66 COLFE ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2ER
Received 19 Jun 202510 PARKCROFT ROAD, LONDON, SE12 0TA
Received 19 Jun 20253 MARNOCK ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1EU
Received 19 Jun 2025137 SOUTHEND LANE, LONDON, SE6 3RP
Received 19 Jun 2025ADVERTISING RIGHT J C DECAUX 064 OUTSIDE 74 TO 78, SYDENHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE26 5QE
Received 19 Jun 20255 DARTMOUTH TERRACE, LONDON, SE10 8AX
Received 19 Jun 2025GROUND FLOOR FLAT, 84 SHELL ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7TY
Received 19 Jun 2025111 SYDENHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE26 5UA
Received 19 Jun 20254 MALHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE23 1HF
Received 19 Jun 2025105 PEPYS ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5SE
Received 19 Jun 20254 FRESHFIELD CLOSE, LONDON, SE13 5NZ
Received 19 Jun 202567 BARLBOROUGH STREET, LONDON, SE14 5EE
Received 19 Jun 2025108 JEVINGTON WAY, LONDON, SE12 9NQ
Received 20 Jun 20253 JEWS WALK, LONDON, SE26 6PJ
Received 10 Jun 2025LAND AT COURTRAI ROAD AND, BUCKTHORNE ROAD, LONDON
Received 20 Jun 202528 EARLSTHORPE ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4PD
Received 20 Jun 202547 SLAITHWAITE ROAD, LONDON, SE13 6DJ
Received 20 Jun 2025LAND ON THE EAST SIDE OF, 68 RAVENSBOURNE PARK CRESCENT, LONDON, SE6 4YP
Received 20 Jun 202562 BELMONT HILL, LONDON, SE13 5DN
Received 20 Jun 2025THE PARADE, WELLS PARK ROAD, LONDON, SE26 6JD
Received 23 Jun 202568A HOWSON ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2AT
Received 23 Jun 2025FLAT, B, 119 LEWISHAM WAY, LONDON, SE14 6QJ
Received 23 Jun 202566 LUCAS STREET, LONDON, SE8 4QH
Received 23 Jun 202525 ARRAN ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2LT
Received 23 Jun 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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