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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.
2,933 approved · 559 refused · 66 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
40 LOCK CHASE, LONDON, SE3 9HA
Received 16 Jul 20251-8 MENDIP CLOSE, LONDON, SE26 4LB
Received 16 Jul 20256 WESTDOWN ROAD, LONDON, SE6 4RL
Received 16 Jul 20252 ABERDEEN TERRACE, LONDON, SE3 0QX
Received 16 Jul 2025HORNIMAN MUSEUM AND GARDENS, 100 LONDON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3PQ
Received 16 Jul 2025GREEN SPACE AT, 30-36 LOCK CHASE, LONDON, SE3
Received 15 Jul 2025126 ARNGASK ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1XX
Received 16 Jul 2025376 BROMLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2RS
Received 16 Jul 202524-27 GRANVILLE GROVE, LONDON, SE13 5AS
Received 16 Jul 202511 ROSAMOND STREET, LONDON, SE26 6JS
Received 16 Jul 2025127 ALGERNON ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7AP
Received 16 Jul 2025215 MANOR LANE, LONDON, SE12 0TZ
Received 16 Jul 2025HORNIMAN MUSEUM AND GARDENS, 100 LONDON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3PQ
Received 16 Jul 202537 MANOR MOUNT, LONDON, SE23 3PY
Received 16 Jul 2025111 DARTMOUTH ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3HX
Received 16 Jul 2025164 ERLANGER ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5TJ
Received 17 Jul 202561 ST NORBERT ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2EY
Received 17 Jul 202574 BELMONT PARK, LONDON, SE13 5BN
Received 17 Jul 202561 PASCOE ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5JE
Received 17 Jul 2025BELL GREEN RETAIL PARK, CURRYS UNIT 5, BELL GREEN, LONDON, SE26 4PR
Received 17 Jul 20253 SOUTHBROOK ROAD, LONDON, SE12 8HL
Received 17 Jul 202551 MOREMEAD ROAD, LONDON, SE6 3LR
Received 17 Jul 20256 BISHOPSTHORPE ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4NY
Received 17 Jul 20253 PEPYS ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5SA
Received 17 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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