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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.
3,035 approved · 573 refused · 67 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
34 BENSON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3RJ
Received 2 Oct 202566 ERLANGER ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5TH
Received 2 Oct 202581 MINARD ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1NP
Received 2 Oct 20252 BLACKHEATH GROVE, LONDON, SE3 0DD
Received 3 Oct 2025164-196 TRUNDLEY'S ROAD AND 1-9 SANFORD STREET, LONDON, SE8 5JE
Received 1 Oct 202565 BREAKSPEARS ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1TS
Received 2 Oct 2025164-196 TRUNDLEYS ROAD AND, 1-9 SANFORD STREET, LONDON, SE8 5JE
Received 2 Oct 202578 BURNT ASH ROAD, LONDON, SE12 8PY
Received 3 Oct 202556 LONDON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3HF
Received 2 Oct 202514 PERRY VALE, LONDON, SE23 2LD
Received 2 Oct 2025523 BROMLEY ROAD, LONDON, BR1 4PG
Received 3 Oct 2025141 WELLMEADOW ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1HP
Received 3 Oct 202531 DANEBY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2QQ
Received 3 Oct 20251A HARCOURT ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2AJ
Received 3 Oct 2025LAND TO THE REAR OF CHENEY COURT, WALDRAM PARK ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2PL
Received 3 Oct 2025TRESSILLIAN BUILDING, LESOCO COLLEGE, LEWISHAM WAY, LONDON, SE4 1UT
Received 3 Oct 2025TRESSILLIAN BUILDING, LESOCO COLLEGE, LEWISHAM WAY, LONDON, SE4 1UT
Received 3 Oct 202580 UPPER BROCKLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1ST
Received 6 Oct 202515 WYCOMBE STREET, LONDON, SE14 6FF
Received 6 Oct 202510 ROMBOROUGH GARDENS, LONDON, SE13 6NT
Received 6 Oct 20257 TACK MEWS, LONDON, SE4 1XS
Received 6 Oct 2025FLAT 4, 18 WICKHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1PB
Received 6 Oct 202576 BURNT ASH ROAD, LONDON, SE12 8PY
Received 6 Oct 2025106 BROCKILL CRESCENT, LONDON, SE4 2QD
Received 6 Oct 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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