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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2,884 approved · 545 refused · 66 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
118 PERRY VALE, LONDON, SE23 2LQ
Received 23 May 202532 DERBY HILL, LONDON, SE23 3YD
Received 26 May 202584 EXFORD ROAD, LONDON, SE12 9HA
Received 26 May 202559 EMBLETON ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7DQ
Received 26 May 20256B PEPYS ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5SB
Received 26 May 20251 LOWTHER HILL, LONDON, SE23 1PZ
Received 26 May 2025ST ANDREWS UNITED REFORMED CHURCH, BROCKLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2SA
Received 26 May 202580 EMBLETON ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7DG
Received 26 May 202560 HUNSDON ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5RF
Received 26 May 202580 DE FRENE ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4AG
Received 27 May 202521 ADAMSRILL ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4AJ
Received 27 May 202519 HORNIMAN DRIVE, LONDON, SE23 3BJ
Received 27 May 20252 DARTMOUTH ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3XU
Received 27 May 202517 DUNDALK ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2JJ
Received 27 May 202513 LIPHOOK CRESCENT, LONDON, SE23 3BN
Received 27 May 2025101C ERLANGER ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5TQ
Received 27 May 20252 EWELME ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3BH
Received 27 May 2025UNIT D, DAMSEL HOUSE, DRAGONFLY PLACE, LONDON, SE4 2FN
Received 27 May 202539 BARGERY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2LJ
Received 27 May 202560 FOXBERRY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2SP
Received 27 May 202515 LE MAY AVENUE, LONDON, SE12 9SU
Received 27 May 202578 LONDON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3PA
Received 27 May 20258 ETON GROVE, LONDON, SE13 5BY
Received 27 May 202520 SYDENHAM PARK ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4ED
Received 27 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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