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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.
2,927 approved · 557 refused · 66 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 JEWS WALK, LONDON, SE26 6PJ
Received 9 Jul 20257 JEWS WALK, LONDON, SE26 6PJ
Received 9 Jul 20252 ORCHARD DRIVE, LONDON, SE3 0QP
Received 9 Jul 202520A WESTWOOD HILL, LONDON, SE26 6QR
Received 9 Jul 202516 WESTWOOD HILL, LONDON, SE26 6QR
Received 9 Jul 2025CARPARK REAR OF, 26 WESTWOOD HILL, LONDON, SE26 6QR
Received 9 Jul 2025(FORMER) LADYWELL LEISURE CENTRE, 261 LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE13 6NJ
Received 10 Jul 202559 PEPYS ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5SA
Received 9 Jul 202520A & B VESTA ROAD, LONDON
Received 9 Jul 202571 HAREFIELD ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1LU
Received 9 Jul 202529 GERAINT ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 5DU
Received 9 Jul 202587 KILLEARN ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1BN
Received 9 Jul 2025143 WELLMEADOW ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1HP
Received 9 Jul 2025114-116 MANOR AVENUE, LONDON, SE4 1TE
Received 9 Jul 2025137 LEAHURST ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5LW
Received 10 Jul 20257 ROMBOROUGH WAY, LONDON, SE13 6NS
Received 10 Jul 20253 HELVETIA STREET, LONDON, SE6 4EX
Received 10 Jul 202539 UPPER BROCKLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1SY
Received 10 Jul 2025LAND TO THE REAR OF, 110 RINGSTEAD ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2BS
Received 10 Jul 20252 WESTWOOD PARK, LONDON, SE23 3QB
Received 10 Jul 2025HITHER GREEN RAILWAY STATION, STAPLEHURST ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5NB
Received 10 Jul 202522 LEEWAY, LONDON, SE8 3BQ
Received 10 Jul 20255 BIRCHMERE ROW, POND ROAD, LONDON, SE3 0SS
Received 10 Jul 202548 MANOR LANE, LONDON, SE13 5QP
Received 10 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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