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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.
2,943 approved · 563 refused · 67 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
157 TRUNDLEY'S ROAD, LONDON, SE8 5JQ
Received 29 Jul 20256 LAWNSIDE, LONDON, SE3 9HL
Received 29 Jul 2025244 LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE13 6JU
Received 29 Jul 20251 GEOFFREY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1NU
Received 29 Jul 202514 HAREFIELD ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1LR
Received 29 Jul 202516 PERRY RISE, LONDON, SE23 2QL
Received 29 Jul 2025BISHOPS LODGE, 37 SOUTH ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2UJ
Received 29 Jul 2025UNIT 2 OF BLOCK 2B OF PLOT 2, DEPTFORD LANDINGS, KINGWOOD APARTMENTS, WATERLINE WAY, LONDON, SE8 3JX
Received 29 Jul 20251A DRAKE ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1QH
Received 30 Jul 2025BEMBRIDGE HOUSE, LONGSHORE, LONDON, SE8 3AT
Received 29 Jul 2025158 RUSHEY GREEN, LONDON, SE6 4HQ
Received 29 Jul 2025DEPTFORD TRADING ESTATE, BLACKHORSE ROAD, LONDON, SE8 5HY
Received 30 Jul 2025114-116 MANOR AVENUE, LONDON, SE4 1TE
Received 30 Jul 202580 FRIENDLY STREET, LONDON, SE8 4DR
Received 30 Jul 2025111 SYDENHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE26 5UA
Received 31 Jul 2025THE PARK HILL 95 LONDON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3UT
Received 31 Jul 20254 RINGMORE RISE, LONDON, SE23 3DF
Received 31 Jul 2025HOLLINGSWORTH HOUSE, 177-185 LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE13 6AA
Received 31 Jul 2025183 BROCKLEY RISE, LONDON, SE23 1NL
Received 31 Jul 2025NEW CROSS FIRE STATION, 266 QUEENS ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5JN
Received 31 Jul 202556 BLYTHE HILL LANE, LONDON, SE6 4UN
Received 31 Jul 20256 PARAGON PLACE, LONDON, SE3 0SP
Received 31 Jul 2025SANDERSON HOUSE, GROVE STREET, LONDON, SE8 3LS
Received 31 Jul 20251 DARLING ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1YQ
Received 1 Aug 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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