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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.
2,949 approved · 563 refused · 67 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
FLATS A and B, 103 TRESSILLIAN ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1XZ
Received 6 Aug 2025FORMER SHANNON'S GARDEN CENTRE, 4 MALHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE23 1HF
Received 6 Aug 202542 ST JOHN'S VALE, LONDON, SE8 4EN
Received 6 Aug 2025121 SILVERMERE ROAD, LONDON, SE6 4QU
Received 6 Aug 20258 ORCHARD DRIVE, LONDON, SE3 0QP
Received 7 Aug 2025HORNIMAN MUSEUM AND GARDENS, 100 LONDON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3PQ
Received 7 Aug 202510 AVON ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1QQ
Received 7 Aug 202564 LEE ROAD, LONDON, SE3 9DA
Received 7 Aug 202512 MANOR LANE, LONDON, SE13 5QP
Received 7 Aug 2025LAND TO THE REAR OF CHENEY COURT, WALDRAM PARK ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2PL
Received 7 Aug 202529 COMO ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2JL
Received 7 Aug 202556-60 NEW CROSS ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5BD
Received 7 Aug 202523 WOOLSTONE ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2TR
Received 7 Aug 202524 BLASHFORD STREET, LONDON, SE13 6UA
Received 7 Aug 2025PARKVIEW SURGERY, 186 BROWNHILL ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1AT
Received 8 Aug 20258 MONTAGUE AVENUE, LONDON, SE4 1YP
Received 7 Aug 2025LAND AND GARAGES REAR OF 40, ASHMEAD ROAD, LONDON, SE8
Received 8 Aug 202562 KINGSHURST ROAD, LONDON, SE12 9LB
Received 8 Aug 2025101 ARMOURY ROAD, LONDON, SE8 4LB
Received 8 Aug 202589 INCHMERY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2NB
Received 8 Aug 2025IRVING HOUSE, 161 JERNINGHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5NJ
Received 8 Aug 20255 FORDMILL ROAD, LONDON, SE6 3JH
Received 11 Aug 202557A CANONBIE ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3AQ
Received 11 Aug 20252 COOPER'S LANE, LONDON, SE12 0QA
Received 11 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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