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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.
2,884 approved · 545 refused · 66 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Mar 2003 to 5 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 9 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
45 BLYTHE HILL, LONDON, SE6 4UL
Received 19 May 2025LAND REAR OF, 1-3 PERRY HILL, LONDON, SE6 4LF
Received 19 May 20252 VANCOUVER ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2AF
Received 19 May 2025LYNCHGATE, LYNCH CLOSE, LONDON, SE3 0RN
Received 19 May 202596 NEWQUAY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2NP
Received 19 May 202557 DEPTFORD HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE8 4AA
Received 20 May 202557A & B DRAKEFELL ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5SH
Received 20 May 2025GROVE PARK MAINTENANCE DEPOT, GABLES CLOSE, LONDON, SE12 0UE
Received 19 May 2025217 FARMFIELD ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 4NQ
Received 20 May 202534 OTTERDEN STREET, LONDON, SE6 3SJ
Received 20 May 202538 CANADIAN AVENUE, LONDON, SE6 3AS
Received 20 May 2025TELEFONICA UK LTD O2 ROOF TOP 44329, 100-104 LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE13 5JH
Received 20 May 202523 OMMANEY ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5NS
Received 20 May 2025LAND TO THE EAST OF THE RAILWAY, BECKENHAM PLACE PARK, BECKENHAM, SE6
Received 20 May 2025281 LEWISHAM WAY, LONDON, SE4 1XF
Received 20 May 202514 BAIZDON ROAD, LONDON, SE3 0UJ
Received 20 May 2025104 INCHMERY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2ND
Received 20 May 20252 LADYWELL ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7UW
Received 20 May 202566 VICARS HILL, LONDON, SE13 7JL
Received 20 May 202523 VICARS HILL, LONDON, SE13 7JB
Received 21 May 202566 VICARS HILL, LONDON, SE13 7JL
Received 21 May 2025LEWISHAM RETAIL PARK, LOAMPIT VALE, LONDON, SE13 7SN
Received 20 May 202537 LEE HIGH ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5NS
Received 21 May 20251-1A BROCKLEY CROSS, LONDON, SE4 2AB
Received 21 May 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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