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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2,884 approved · 545 refused · 66 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 OMMANEY ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5NS
Received 9 Jun 202563 SALEHURST ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1AR
Received 9 Jun 202510 ELIOT VALE, LONDON, SE3 0UW
Received 9 Jun 2025LAND AT THE FORMER BELL GREEN GAS WORKS, BELL GREEN, LONDON, SE26
Received 9 Jun 2025KENT WHARF, 24A CREEKSIDE, LONDON, SE8 3DZ
Received 9 Jun 2025LEEGATE SHOPPING CENTRE, LEEGATE, LONDON, SE12
Received 9 Jun 2025LAND AT BAMPTON ESTATE, FIFIELD PATH, LONDON, SE23 2AY
Received 9 Jun 20255 KENT HOUSE ROAD, LONDON, SE26 5LN
Received 9 Jun 202528 BOUSFIELD ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5TR
Received 9 Jun 202531 INCHMERY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2NA
Received 10 Jun 202582 KNIGHTON PARK ROAD, LONDON, SE26 5RL
Received 10 Jun 20253 JEWS WALK, LONDON, SE26 6PJ
Received 10 Jun 2025CATFORD CONSTITUTIONAL CLUB, CATFORD BROADWAY, LONDON, SE6 4SP
Received 10 Jun 202538 OMMANEY ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5NT
Received 10 Jun 20258 ST FILLANS ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1DG
Received 10 Jun 202568 PITFOLD ROAD, LONDON, SE12 9HY
Received 10 Jun 202534A SYDENHAM HILL, LONDON, SE26 6LS
Received 10 Jun 2025HOMEBASE, 10 BECKENHAM HILL ROAD, BROMLEY, SE6 3NU
Received 10 Jun 2025152 WATERS ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1UQ
Received 10 Jun 2025108 WOOD VALE, LONDON, SE23 3ED
Received 10 Jun 2025394 NEW CROSS ROAD, LONDON, SE14 6TY
Received 11 Jun 20253C DOGGETT ROAD, LONDON, SE6 4PZ
Received 11 Jun 202539 UPPER BROCKLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1SY
Received 11 Jun 20255 BLACKHEATH RISE, LONDON, SE13 7PN
Received 11 Jun 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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