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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.
2,898 approved · 547 refused · 66 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 GATEHOUSE COTTAGES, MARVELS LANE, LONDON, SE12 9PZ
Received 2 Jul 202528 LEE ROAD, LONDON, SE3 9RT
Received 2 Jul 20252 ROSAMOND STREET, LONDON, SE26 6JR
Received 2 Jul 2025FLAT A, W G GRACE HOUSE, 48 DACRES ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2NR
Received 2 Jul 202596 GUIBAL ROAD, LONDON, SE12 9LZ
Received 2 Jul 202519A INCHMERY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2NA
Received 3 Jul 2025406 LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE13 6LJ
Received 3 Jul 202531 GELLATLY ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5TU
Received 3 Jul 202547 RAYFORD AVENUE, LONDON, SE12 0NF
Received 3 Jul 2025123B WELLMEADOW ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1HN
Received 3 Jul 2025157 TRUNDLEY'S ROAD, LONDON, SE8 5JQ
Received 3 Jul 2025UNIT B1 & B2, LEWISHAM GATEWAY, STATION ROAD, LONDON, SE13
Received 3 Jul 202568 CRESSINGHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5AG
Received 3 Jul 2025PITMAN HOUSE, TANNERS HILL, LONDON, SE8 4PT
Received 2 Jul 2025EXCALIBUR ESTATE REGENERATION AREA, BAUDWIN ROAD, LONDON, SE6
Received 3 Jul 2025GREEN BANK COTTAGE, TAYMOUNT RISE, LONDON, SE23 3UL
Received 3 Jul 20254 JEWS WALK, LONDON, SE26 6PL
Received 3 Jul 20253D CHURCH TERRACE, LONDON, SE13 5BT
Received 3 Jul 202547 RAYFORD AVENUE, LONDON, SE12 0NF
Received 3 Jul 202556-57 HAWKINS WAY, LONDON, SE6 3RT
Received 3 Jul 202526 BELMONT PARK, LONDON, SE13 5BJ
Received 3 Jul 2025109 INCHMERY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2NB
Received 3 Jul 202516 ALGERNON ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7AT
Received 3 Jul 202514 SYDENHAM PARK ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4ED
Received 3 Jul 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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