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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3,026 approved · 573 refused · 67 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 HILDENBOROUGH GARDENS, BROMLEY, BR1 4NU
Received 24 Sept 202559 BREAKSPEARS ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1XR
Received 23 Sept 2025FOREST HILL FIRE STATION, 155 STANSTEAD ROAD, LONDON, SE23 1HP
Received 23 Sept 2025LAND AT THE FORMER BELL GREEN GAS WORKS, BELL GREEN, LONDON, SE26
Received 24 Sept 2025166 FAIRLAWN PARK, LONDON, SE26 5SD
Received 24 Sept 202575 BELMONT HILL, LONDON, SE13 5AX
Received 24 Sept 2025190 TRESSILLIAN ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1XY
Received 24 Sept 2025APEX APARTMENTS, FLATS 1-24, 18-24 CULVERLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2LF
Received 24 Sept 202549 SPRINGRICE ROAD, LONDON, SE13 6HS
Received 24 Sept 202596-100 LEE HIGH ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5PT
Received 24 Sept 202554 ARABIN ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2SE
Received 24 Sept 2025BISHOPS LODGE, 37 SOUTH ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2UJ
Received 24 Sept 202553 HALESWORTH ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7TJ
Received 24 Sept 2025120 DENNETTS ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5LW
Received 24 Sept 202582 BREAKSPEARS ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1TS
Received 25 Sept 20251-1A DAVENPORT ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2AY
Received 25 Sept 2025104 CRANSTON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2EY
Received 25 Sept 20255 SOMERSET GARDENS, LONDON, SE13 7SY
Received 25 Sept 202549 HANDEN ROAD, LONDON, SE12 8NR
Received 25 Sept 2025110 GEOFFREY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1NU
Received 25 Sept 202567 CONISTON ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 4JG
Received 25 Sept 2025SKEHANS FREEHOUSE, 1 KITTO ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5TW
Received 25 Sept 202567 CONISTON ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 4JG
Received 25 Sept 202557A FAIRLAWN PARK, LONDON, SE26 5SA
Received 25 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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