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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.
3,028 approved · 573 refused · 67 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LAND AT THE FORMER BELL GREEN GAS WORKS, BELL GREEN, LONDON, SE23 2QT
Received 26 Sept 2025LAND AT THE FORMER BELL GREEN GAS WORKS, BELL GREEN, LONDON, SE23 2QT
Received 26 Sept 202520-22 DARTMOUTH ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3XU
Received 24 Sept 2025LAND AT THE FORMER BELL GREEN GAS WORKS, BELL GREEN, LONDON, SE23 2QT
Received 26 Sept 202570 CRANTOCK ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2QP
Received 26 Sept 202570 CRANTOCK ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2QP
Received 26 Sept 202528-30 BROMLEY HILL, BROMLEY, BR1 4JX
Received 25 Sept 20253-4 COULGATE STREET, LONDON, SE4 2RW
Received 25 Sept 20252 STATION BUILDINGS, CATFORD ROAD, LONDON, SE6 4QZ
Received 26 Sept 202513 INCHMERY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2NA
Received 26 Sept 202563 MANOR AVENUE, LONDON, SE4 1TD
Received 26 Sept 202530 BENSON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3RJ
Received 26 Sept 20257 BOLDEN STREET, LONDON, SE8 4JF
Received 26 Sept 202527 LIND STREET, LONDON, SE8 4JE
Received 26 Sept 202524 LEE PARK, LONDON, SE3 9HQ
Received 26 Sept 202519 WICKHAM MEWS, LONDON, SE4
Received 29 Sept 202521 TRESSILLIAN CRESCENT, LONDON, SE4 1QJ
Received 29 Sept 2025157 TRUNDLEY'S ROAD, LONDON, SE8 5JQ
Received 29 Sept 2025144 CRANSTON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2EY
Received 29 Sept 2025100 PEPYS ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5SD
Received 29 Sept 2025LAND AND BUILDINGS TO THE REAR OF, 243-265 BROMLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2RA
Received 29 Sept 202518 BOVILL ROAD, LONDON, SE23 1HA
Received 29 Sept 2025FLAT 5, YORK HOUSE, LAWRIE PARK ROAD, LONDON, SE26 6DT
Received 29 Sept 2025293 BROCKLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2SA
Received 26 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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