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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.
3,037 approved · 573 refused · 67 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 ELIOT VALE, LONDON, SE3 0UW
Received 6 Oct 202536 DALLINGER ROAD, LONDON, SE12 0TL
Received 6 Oct 202529 CATERHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5AP
Received 6 Oct 202563-69 DEPTFORD HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE8 4AA
Received 3 Oct 2025LAND BETWEEN 15 & 17 ALDERSGROVE AVENUE SE9
Received 6 Oct 2025SAINSBURY'S, SOUTHEND LANE, LONDON, SE26 4PU
Received 6 Oct 2025SAINSBURY'S, SOUTHEND LANE, LONDON, SE26 4PU
Received 6 Oct 202531 ALBURY STREET, LONDON, SE8 3PT
Received 6 Oct 202531 ALBURY STREET, LONDON, SE8 3PT
Received 6 Oct 2025FLAT A, 10 SOMERSET GARDENS, LONDON, SE13 7SY
Received 6 Oct 202530 DAVID'S ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3EX
Received 6 Oct 202516 HAYNES CLOSE, LONDON, SE3 9UA
Received 6 Oct 202514 SHEARMAN ROAD, LONDON, SE3 9HX
Received 6 Oct 20251 GERAINT ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 5DU
Received 6 Oct 20251 GERAINT ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 5DU
Received 6 Oct 2025170 MARVELS LANE, LONDON, SE12 9PJ
Received 6 Oct 2025Eros House, BROWNHILL ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2EG
Received 6 Oct 20257 MURILLO ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5QF
Received 7 Oct 2025LEWISHAM HOUSE, 25 MOLESWORTH STREET, LONDON, SE13 7EX
Received 7 Oct 20251-3 DAVID'S ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3EP
Received 7 Oct 2025138 CHUDLEIGH ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1EE
Received 7 Oct 202562 HONOR OAK ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3RZ
Received 7 Oct 202559 PEPYS ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5SA
Received 7 Oct 202565 ST JOSEPH'S VALE, LONDON, SE3 0XG
Received 7 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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