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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.
2,922 approved · 555 refused · 66 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
UNIT 16, LEWISHAM GATEWAY, STATION ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5FQ
Received 4 Jul 202513 CARSTAIRS ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2SL
Received 4 Jul 2025BELL GREEN RETAIL PARK, CURRYS UNIT 5, BELL GREEN, LONDON, SE26 4PR
Received 4 Jul 20256-8 BLACKHEATH VILLAGE, LONDON, SE3 9LE
Received 4 Jul 20256-8 BLACKHEATH VILLAGE, LONDON, SE3 9LE
Received 4 Jul 2025WILLIAM WOOD HOUSE, SHRUBLANDS CLOSE, LONDON, SE26 4EG
Received 4 Jul 202520 WESTBOURNE DRIVE, LONDON, SE23 2UP
Received 4 Jul 202577A RUSHEY GREEN, LONDON, SE6 4AF
Received 3 Jul 202578-80 WICKHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1LS
Received 4 Jul 202537A SALEHURST ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1AS
Received 4 Jul 20253 CALLANDER ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2QA
Received 4 Jul 202527 BOONES ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5SJ
Received 7 Jul 2025LAND TO THE REAR OF, 29-35 TRANQUIL VALE, LONDON, SE3 0BU
Received 7 Jul 202510 TREMAINE CLOSE, LONDON, SE4 1YF
Received 7 Jul 202513 LIPHOOK CRESCENT, LONDON, SE23 3BN
Received 7 Jul 202571 ERLANGER ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5TQ
Received 7 Jul 202585 CANONBIE ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3AQ
Received 7 Jul 202585 CANONBIE ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3AQ
Received 7 Jul 2025FIRST FLOOR AND SECOND FLOOR MAISONETTE, 9 MONTAGUE AVENUE, LONDON, SE4 1YP
Received 7 Jul 202585 MANOR PARK, LONDON, SE13 5RA
Received 7 Jul 202586 OLDSTEAD ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 5RJ
Received 7 Jul 202524 KELLERTON ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5RD
Received 7 Jul 202551 MORDEN HILL, LONDON, SE13 7NP
Received 7 Jul 202585 ERLANGER ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5TQ
Received 7 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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