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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.
3,042 approved · 573 refused · 67 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
25 EARLSTHORPE ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4PD
Received 13 Oct 202521 POLSTED ROAD, LONDON, SE6 4YH
Received 13 Oct 2025104 SEDGEHILL ROAD, LONDON, SE6 3QY
Received 13 Oct 2025237 MOORSIDE ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 5EY
Received 13 Oct 2025ARDEN HOUSE, 52-54 THURSTON ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7GT
Received 13 Oct 202540 VICARS HILL, LONDON, SE13 7JL
Received 13 Oct 2025FLAT A, W G GRACE HOUSE, 48 DACRES ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2NR
Received 13 Oct 202599 QUENTIN ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5DG
Received 13 Oct 202524 BREAKSPEARS ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1UW
Received 13 Oct 2025PRINCESS LOUISE BUILDING, 12 HALES STREET, LONDON, SE8 4RB
Received 13 Oct 2025LEEGATE SHOPPING CENTRE, LEEGATE, LONDON, SE12
Received 13 Oct 2025BANNATYNES, 35 MARVELS LANE, LONDON, SE12 9PN
Received 13 Oct 2025GREEN BANK COTTAGE, TAYMOUNT RISE, LONDON, SE23 3UL
Received 13 Oct 2025128 TRESSILLIAN ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1XX
Received 13 Oct 202581 BOVENEY ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3NL
Received 13 Oct 202588 EMBLETON ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7DG
Received 13 Oct 20256 CLANDON STREET, LONDON, SE8 4EL
Received 13 Oct 20251 TACK MEWS, LONDON, SE4 1XS
Received 13 Oct 202555 LEE TERRACE, LONDON, SE3 9TA
Received 14 Oct 202594 CALLANDER ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2QE
Received 14 Oct 2025191C BURNT ASH HILL, LONDON, SE12 0QF
Received 14 Oct 2025897A OLD KENT ROAD, LONDON, SE15 1NL
Received 10 Oct 202574 THORNSBEACH ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1EU
Received 14 Oct 202584 BARGERY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2LW
Received 14 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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