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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.
2,939 approved · 562 refused · 67 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
66 VICARS HILL, LONDON, SE13 7JL
Received 25 Jul 20253C DOGGETT ROAD, LONDON, SE6 4PZ
Received 25 Jul 2025130 MARVELS LANE, LONDON, SE12 9PG
Received 25 Jul 2025LAND ON THE CORNER OF BRIANT AND, BESSON STREET, LONDON, SE14 5AE
Received 25 Jul 2025217 FARMFIELD ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 4NQ
Received 25 Jul 202588 TYRWHITT ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1QB
Received 25 Jul 2025332 NEW CROSS ROAD, LONDON, SE14 6AG
Received 25 Jul 202560 CHINBROOK ROAD, LONDON, SE12 9TU
Received 28 Jul 20259 BREAKSPEARS MEWS, LONDON, SE4 1PY
Received 28 Jul 202581A LEWISHAM WAY, LONDON, SE14 6QD
Received 28 Jul 2025140 JERNINGHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5NL
Received 28 Jul 202539 REID HOUSE, 36-52 HYNDEWOOD, LONDON, SE23 2BJ
Received 28 Jul 202546B TYRWHITT ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1QG
Received 28 Jul 2025111 DOWNHAM WAY, BROMLEY, BR1 5NZ
Received 28 Jul 2025APOLLO BUSINESS CENTRE, 158 TRUNDLEY'S ROAD, LONDON, SE8 5JE
Received 28 Jul 2025APOLLO BUSINESS CENTRE, 158 TRUNDLEY'S ROAD, LONDON, SE8 5JE
Received 28 Jul 2025264 STANSTEAD ROAD, LONDON, SE23 1DE
Received 28 Jul 202518 BAWTREE ROAD, LONDON, SE14 6ET
Received 28 Jul 2025DARTMOUTH COURT, DARTMOUTH GROVE, LONDON, SE10 8AS
Received 28 Jul 202515 SHEARMAN ROAD, LONDON, SE3 9HY
Received 28 Jul 2025309 BARING ROAD, LONDON, SE12 0DZ
Received 28 Jul 202526 CASTLANDS ROAD, LONDON, SE6 4LN
Received 28 Jul 2025LAND TO THE REAR OF, 40 BROWNHILL ROAD AND ADJACENT TO 1 BOWNESS ROAD LONDON, SE6 2EJ
Received 28 Jul 2025154 MANWOOD ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1SE
Received 29 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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