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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.
2,891 approved · 547 refused · 66 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
21 ST NORBERT ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2EY
Received 24 Jun 2025HOMEBASE, 10 BECKENHAM HILL ROAD, BROMLEY, SE6 3NU
Received 24 Jun 2025HOMEBASE, 10 BECKENHAM HILL ROAD, BROMLEY, SE6 3NU
Received 24 Jun 20254 DEPTFORD HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE8 4AF
Received 24 Jun 20253 DEPTFORD CHURCH STREET, LONDON, SE8 4RX
Received 24 Jun 202527 GABRIEL STREET, LONDON, SE23 1DW
Received 24 Jun 2025115 ST ASAPH ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2DZ
Received 24 Jun 202530 LIPHOOK CRESCENT, LONDON, SE23 3BW
Received 24 Jun 20252 CAMPSHILL ROAD, LONDON, SE13 6QT
Received 24 Jun 2025259C LEWISHAM WAY, LONDON, SE4 1XF
Received 25 Jun 2025289 NEW CROSS ROAD, LONDON, SE14 6AS
Received 24 Jun 202552 DEPTFORD BROADWAY, LONDON, SE8 4PH
Received 23 Jun 202552 DEPTFORD BROADWAY, LONDON, SE8 4PH
Received 23 Jun 202577 TRESSILLIAN ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1YA
Received 25 Jun 202518A TRESSILLIAN ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1YB
Received 25 Jun 2025200 DEPTFORD HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE8 3PR
Received 25 Jun 202587 BROADFIELD ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1NQ
Received 25 Jun 202519 FERMOR ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2HW
Received 25 Jun 2025UNITS 18 - 19, RESOLUTION WAY, LONDON, SE8 4NT
Received 25 Jun 202521 KINVER ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4NT
Received 25 Jun 202532 SOUTHBROOK ROAD, LONDON, SE12 8LL
Received 25 Jun 20255 LONGHURST ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5LR
Received 26 Jun 202529 EDRIC ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5EN
Received 25 Jun 202530 ST MARGARET'S ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1YU
Received 26 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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