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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.
2,894 approved · 547 refused · 66 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
71 PEAK HILL, LONDON, SE26 4NS
Received 26 Jun 202576 WICKHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1LS
Received 26 Jun 202558 GEOFFREY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1NT
Received 26 Jun 2025234 WELLMEADOW ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1HS
Received 26 Jun 2025141 WELLMEADOW ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1HP
Received 26 Jun 202547A HALESWORTH ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7TJ
Received 26 Jun 20257 BLYTHE HILL LANE, LONDON, SE6 4UF
Received 26 Jun 2025597 DOWNHAM WAY, BROMLEY, BR1 5HX
Received 26 Jun 2025LAND AT THE FORMER BELL GREEN GAS WORKS, BELL GREEN, LONDON, SE26
Received 26 Jun 202553 WINSFORD ROAD, LONDON, SE6 4LT
Received 26 Jun 202522 MONTPELIER ROW, LONDON, SE3 0RL
Received 27 Jun 202549 SPRINGRICE ROAD, LONDON, SE13 6HS
Received 26 Jun 202583 ARBUTHNOT ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5NP
Received 27 Jun 20252 LLOYD'S PLACE, LONDON, SE3 0QE
Received 26 Jun 2025LAND AT THE FORMER BELL GREEN GAS WORKS, BELL GREEN, LONDON, SE26
Received 27 Jun 2025LAND AT THE FORMER BELL GREEN GAS WORKS, BELL GREEN, LONDON, SE26
Received 27 Jun 2025LAND AT THE FORMER BELL GREEN GAS WORKS, BELL GREEN, LONDON, SE26
Received 27 Jun 20257 DARTMOUTH GROVE, LONDON, SE10 8AR
Received 27 Jun 202593 BOYNE ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5AN
Received 27 Jun 2025HOMEBASE, 10 BECKENHAM HILL ROAD, BROMLEY, SE6 3NU
Received 27 Jun 20255 ORCHARD DRIVE, LONDON, SE3 0QP
Received 27 Jun 202551 MORDEN HILL, LONDON, SE13 7NP
Received 30 Jun 202553 ST FILLANS ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1DQ
Received 30 Jun 202523 NELGARDE ROAD, LONDON, SE6 4TA
Received 30 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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