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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3,042 approved · 574 refused · 67 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
22 SUNNYDENE STREET, LONDON, SE26 4ES
Received 14 Oct 202581 MINARD ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1NP
Received 14 Oct 202539 BENSON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3RL
Received 14 Oct 202558 BURNT ASH ROAD, LONDON, SE12 8PY
Received 14 Oct 2025BASEMENT FLAT, 18 BREAKSPEARS ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1UW
Received 14 Oct 202579 SYDENHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE26 5UA
Received 14 Oct 2025303 NEW CROSS ROAD, LONDON, SE14 6AS
Received 13 Oct 2025HARDING PLACE, DUNCOMBE HILL, LONDON, SE23 1QD
Received 13 Oct 202582-84 CHILDERS STREET, LONDON, SE8 5FS
Received 14 Oct 2025175 SYDENHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE26 5HF
Received 15 Oct 2025147 ENGLEHEART ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2EU
Received 15 Oct 202558 TORRIDON ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1RA
Received 15 Oct 202544 MOUNT ASH ROAD, LONDON, SE26 6LY
Received 15 Oct 202517 MONTAGUE AVENUE, LONDON, SE4 1YP
Received 15 Oct 2025597 DOWNHAM WAY, BROMLEY, BR1 5HX
Received 15 Oct 2025149 THORNSBEACH ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1HB
Received 15 Oct 2025ASHMEAD PRIMARY SCHOOL, ASHMEAD ROAD, LONDON, SE8 4DX
Received 15 Oct 20253 KINGSHURST ROAD, LONDON, SE12 9LD
Received 16 Oct 202597 DOWNDERRY ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 5QE
Received 16 Oct 202525 MARY ANN GARDENS, LONDON, SE8 3DP
Received 16 Oct 202523 GARLIES ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2RU
Received 16 Oct 2025116 PERRY VALE, LONDON, SE23 2LQ
Received 16 Oct 202512 BARMESTON ROAD, LONDON, SE6 3BH
Received 16 Oct 2025CROWN AND NEW BALTIC, PARK AND BRIDGE AND VICTORIA WHARVES, BOUNDED BY GROVE STREET, DRAGOON STREET AND EVELYN STREET, OXESTALLS ROAD, LONDON, SE8
Received 16 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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