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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2,922 approved · 555 refused · 66 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
71 TRESSILLIAN ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1YA
Received 7 Jul 202520C SOUTHBROOK ROAD, LONDON, SE12 8LQ
Received 7 Jul 2025CATFORD WANDERERS SPORTS CLUB, BECKENHAM HILL ROAD, BROMLEY, SE6 3NU
Received 7 Jul 202534 RANDLESDOWN ROAD, LONDON, SE6 3BT
Received 7 Jul 2025Land at the former Bell Green gas works, BELL GREEN, LONDON, SE26
Received 8 Jul 2025164-196 TRUNDLEY'S ROAD AND 1-9 SANFORD STREET, LONDON, SE8 5JE
Received 8 Jul 2025PETROL FILLING STATION, 263E NEW CROSS ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5UQ
Received 8 Jul 2025BLACKHEATH BUSINESS ESTATE, BLACKHEATH HILL, LONDON, SE10 8BA
Received 8 Jul 2025LEEGATE SHOPPING CENTRE, LEEGATE, LONDON, SE12
Received 8 Jul 202527 LONGTON AVENUE, LONDON, SE26 6RE
Received 8 Jul 202577 ARRAN ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2LS
Received 8 Jul 202514 LEE ROAD, LONDON, SE3 9RT
Received 8 Jul 2025160 ALGERNON ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7AW
Received 8 Jul 202524 LIMES GROVE, LONDON, SE13 6DE
Received 9 Jul 2025ST GEORGES, ST GERMANS ROAD, LONDON, SE23 1RX
Received 9 Jul 202541 WELLMEADOW ROAD, LONDON, SE13 6SY
Received 9 Jul 202531 THORNWOOD ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5RG
Received 9 Jul 2025180A KIRKDALE, LONDON, SE26 4NW
Received 9 Jul 2025178A KIRKDALE, LONDON, SE26 4NW
Received 9 Jul 202541 ASHMEAD ROAD, LONDON, SE8 4DY
Received 9 Jul 202551 PENERLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2LH
Received 9 Jul 202566 GEORGE LANE, LONDON, SE13 6HL
Received 9 Jul 202536 PANMURE ROAD, LONDON, SE26 6NA
Received 9 Jul 202526 WESTWOOD HILL, LONDON, SE26 6QR
Received 9 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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