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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2,884 approved · 545 refused · 66 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
164-196 TRUNDLEY'S ROAD AND 1-9 SANFORD STREET, LONDON, SE8 5JE
Received 30 May 2025SECOND FLOOR FLAT, 12 CHURCH TERRACE, LONDON, SE13 5BT
Received 30 May 202526-27 WEMYSS ROAD, LONDON, SE3 0TF
Received 30 May 202534 SYDENHAM HILL, LONDON, SE26 6LS
Received 30 May 202534 HOLME LACEY ROAD, LONDON, SE12 0HR
Received 30 May 202560-66 CROSSFIELD STREET, LONDON, SE8 3PH
Received 30 May 20252 GLEBE COURT, THE GLEBE, LONDON, SE3 9TH
Received 2 Jun 2025139 DRAKEFELL ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2DT
Received 2 Jun 2025115 BREAKSPEARS ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1TY
Received 2 Jun 2025101 SILVERMERE ROAD, LONDON, SE6 4QU
Received 2 Jun 202529 FARREN ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2DZ
Received 2 Jun 202539 MANOR LANE, LONDON, SE13 5QW
Received 2 Jun 202531 INCHMERY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2NA
Received 2 Jun 20251 REDBERRY GROVE, LONDON, SE26 4DA
Received 2 Jun 20259 MERRITT ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1DU
Received 2 Jun 202560-66 CROSSFIELD STREET, LONDON, SE8 3PH
Received 2 Jun 202570 HAZELBANK ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1TQ
Received 2 Jun 2025BLACKHEATH VILLAGE POST OFFICE, BLACKHEATH GROVE, LONDON, SE3 0AU
Received 2 Jun 2025LEEGATE SHOPPING CENTRE, LEEGATE, LONDON, SE12
Received 2 Jun 2025FLAT 3, 53 ST MARGARET'S ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1YL
Received 2 Jun 202526 CANONBIE ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3AP
Received 3 Jun 2025LAND ADJACENT TO, 42 RAVENSBOURNE PARK CRESCENT, LONDON, SE6 4YY
Received 3 Jun 202515 BROXTED ROAD, LONDON, SE6 4EW
Received 3 Jun 2025118 PERRY VALE, LONDON, SE23 2LQ
Received 23 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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