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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2,884 approved · 545 refused · 66 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 NYON GROVE, LONDON, SE6 4EU
Received 11 Jun 20251 DUKESTHORPE ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4PB
Received 11 Jun 2025106 WOOD VALE, LONDON, SE23 3ED
Received 11 Jun 2025126 WOOLSTONE ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2TF
Received 11 Jun 202525 BLACKHEATH RISE, LONDON, SE13 7PN
Received 11 Jun 2025EXCALIBUR ESTATE REGENERATION AREA, BAUDWIN ROAD, LONDON, SE6
Received 11 Jun 2025REGENT HOUSE BUSINESS CENTRE, 291-307 KIRKDALE, LONDON, SE26 4QZ
Received 11 Jun 202521 CHELFORD ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 5QT
Received 11 Jun 20259 ORMANTON ROAD, LONDON, SE26 6RB
Received 11 Jun 202512 AVON ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1QQ
Received 12 Jun 202561 CHUBWORTHY STREET, LONDON, SE14 6JD
Received 12 Jun 2025401 DOWNHAM WAY, BROMLEY, BR1 5EW
Received 12 Jun 2025131 LEE PARK, LONDON, SE3 9HE
Received 12 Jun 2025131 LEE PARK, LONDON, SE3 9HE
Received 12 Jun 202576 PENDRAGON ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 5JY
Received 12 Jun 2025154-158 SYDENHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE26 5JZ
Received 12 Jun 2025134 PEPYS ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5SG
Received 12 Jun 202531 ST MILDREDS ROAD, LONDON, SE12 0RD
Received 12 Jun 202566 SYDENHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE26 5QE
Received 11 Jun 2025ILDERTON WHARF, ROLLINS STREET, LONDON, SE15 1EP
Received 12 Jun 202511 FIELDSIDE ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 4LA
Received 12 Jun 2025274 HITHER GREEN LANE, LONDON, SE13 6TT
Received 12 Jun 2025105 MANOR LANE, LONDON, SE12 8LT
Received 12 Jun 2025ALLOTMENT GARDENS AT REAR OF, 2-20 ARCUS ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 4NW
Received 12 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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