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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.
3,026 approved · 573 refused · 67 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Mar 2003 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 BISCOE WAY, LONDON, SE13 5EE
Received 22 Sept 202545, 47A & 47B ST ASAPH ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2EJ
Received 22 Sept 2025THE SCHOOL HOUSE, 202 EVELYN STREET, LONDON, SE8 5DQ
Received 22 Sept 2025HASELTINE PRIMARY SCHOOL, HASELTINE ROAD, LONDON, SE26 5AD
Received 22 Sept 2025SCHOOL HOUSE, SCAWEN ROAD, LONDON, SE8 5AE
Received 22 Sept 20256 JERNINGHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5NX
Received 22 Sept 202516 ARDGOWAN ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1AJ
Received 23 Sept 202594 FARMFIELD ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 4NG
Received 23 Sept 202596A BREAKSPEARS ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1TS
Received 23 Sept 202562 BREAKSPEARS ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1TS
Received 23 Sept 202560 HONOR OAK PARK, LONDON, SE23 1DY
Received 23 Sept 2025496-500 BROMLEY ROAD, LONDON, BR1 4PB
Received 18 Sept 20258 GAYNESFORD ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2UQ
Received 20 Sept 202572 HONOR OAK PARK, LONDON, SE23 1DY
Received 18 Sept 2025NEPTUNE WORKS, CANAL APPROACH, LONDON, SE8 5JF
Received 19 Sept 2025Pavement o/s KFC, 217 LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE13 6LY
Received 22 Sept 2025BLACKHEATH BUSINESS ESTATE, BLACKHEATH HILL, LONDON, SE10 8BA
Received 22 Sept 202563A MANOR PARK, LONDON, SE13 5RA
Received 23 Sept 2025SYDENHAM HIGH SENIOR SCHOOL, 19 WESTWOOD HILL, LONDON, SE26 6BL
Received 23 Sept 20251 SANDROCK ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7TS
Received 23 Sept 202525 CANADIAN AVENUE, LONDON, SE6 3AU
Received 23 Sept 2025GARAGES TO THE REAR OF, CREELAND GROVE, LONDON, SE6 4LE
Received 23 Sept 202513 CARSTAIRS ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2SL
Received 24 Sept 202513 LIPHOOK CRESCENT, LONDON, SE23 3BN
Received 24 Sept 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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