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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.
2,889 approved · 545 refused · 66 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Mar 2003 to 5 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
62A VANCOUVER ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2AF
Received 23 Jun 2025FLAT E, 77 BROMLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2UF
Received 23 Jun 2025LAND AND PROPERTY COMPRISING, SILWOOD ESTATE REGENERATION AREA, SILWOOD STREET, LONDON, SE16
Received 24 Jun 2025ST MILDREDS CHURCH, ST MILDREDS ROAD, LONDON, SE12 0RA
Received 23 Jun 2025CHRIST THE KING COLLEGE, BELMONT GROVE, LONDON, SE13 5GE
Received 23 Jun 2025170 NEW CROSS ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5AA
Received 23 Jun 202575 PRIESTFIELD ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2RW
Received 23 Jun 202523 SYDENHAM PARK, LONDON, SE26 4EE
Received 23 Jun 202510A SYDENHAM PARK, LONDON, SE26 4EQ
Received 23 Jun 202541 LONGHILL ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1TZ
Received 23 Jun 20254 RINGMORE RISE, LONDON, SE23 3DF
Received 23 Jun 202554 WELLMEADOW ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1HL
Received 23 Jun 202539 CARLTON TERRACE, LONDON, SE26 4EH
Received 23 Jun 202519 SYDENHAM PARK, LONDON, SE26 4EE
Received 23 Jun 202548 TRESSILLIAN ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1YB
Received 23 Jun 202523 ELVERSON ROAD, LONDON, SE8 4JW
Received 24 Jun 2025UNIT B6, BELL GREEN RETAIL PARK, BELL GREEN, LONDON, SE26 4PR
Received 24 Jun 2025UNIT B6, BELL GREEN RETAIL PARK, BELL GREEN, LONDON, SE26 4PR
Received 24 Jun 2025THE OLD NURSERY, 43 ALBYN ROAD, LONDON, SE8 4EG
Received 24 Jun 202562 DUNCOMBE HILL, LONDON, SE23 1QB
Received 24 Jun 20257 CHALSEY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1YN
Received 24 Jun 202547 MARISCHAL ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5LE
Received 24 Jun 202556 FRANCEMARY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1JS
Received 24 Jun 202521 ST NORBERT ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2EY
Received 24 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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