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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.
2,928 approved · 557 refused · 66 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
LEEGATE SHOPPING CENTRE, LEEGATE, LONDON, SE12
Received 10 Jul 202586 DOGGETT ROAD, LONDON, SE6 4QA
Received 10 Jul 202549 ROSENTHAL ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2BX
Received 10 Jul 2025143 HAZELBANK ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1LT
Received 10 Jul 20255 WESTBOURNE DRIVE, LONDON, SE23 2UP
Received 10 Jul 202527A ARABIN ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2SE
Received 11 Jul 2025103B EMBLETON ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7DQ
Received 10 Jul 202547 RIDGEWELL CLOSE, LONDON, SE26 5AP
Received 11 Jul 2025GARAGES TO THE REAR OF, CREELAND GROVE, LONDON, SE6 4LE
Received 11 Jul 20252 SYDENHAM HILL, LONDON, SE26 6SJ
Received 11 Jul 20255 KILGOUR ROAD, LONDON, SE23 1PG
Received 11 Jul 2025FLAT 5, 76A HONOR OAK ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3RR
Received 11 Jul 2025243A-245 LEWISHAM WAY, LONDON, SE4 1XF
Received 11 Jul 2025106 ALGERNON ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7AW
Received 14 Jul 202532 BRIGHTFIELD ROAD, LONDON, SE12 8QF
Received 14 Jul 202557 HOUSTON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2RL
Received 14 Jul 2025179A BROWNHILL ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2BQ
Received 14 Jul 2025UNIT 1, RIVERDALE CENTRE, LEWISHAM CENTRE, LONDON, SE13 7EP
Received 14 Jul 2025323 BROWNHILL ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1AL
Received 14 Jul 202520 DALLINGER ROAD, LONDON, SE12 0TL
Received 14 Jul 20253 KINGSHURST ROAD, LONDON, SE12 9LD
Received 14 Jul 2025194 MANOR LANE, LONDON, SE12 0UA
Received 14 Jul 202566 BRIGHTFIELD ROAD, LONDON, SE12 8QF
Received 14 Jul 202594 BUCKTHORNE ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2DG
Received 14 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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