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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.
3,050 approved · 575 refused · 67 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
167 BARING ROAD, LONDON, SE12 0LA
Received 22 Oct 2025161 RUSHEY GREEN, LONDON, SE6 4BD
Received 22 Oct 202561 TORRIDON ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1RQ
Received 22 Oct 202561 TORRIDON ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1RQ
Received 22 Oct 202512 JERNINGHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5NX
Received 22 Oct 2025FLAT B, 109 LEWISHAM WAY, LONDON, SE14 6QJ
Received 21 Oct 202518 CATFORD BROADWAY, LONDON, SE6 4SN
Received 22 Oct 2025165 KNAPMILL ROAD, LONDON, SE6 3TF
Received 22 Oct 2025MERCHANT TAYLORS ALMSHOUSES, BRANDRAM ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5RX
Received 22 Oct 20252 GATEHOUSE COTTAGES, MARVELS LANE, LONDON, SE12 9PZ
Received 22 Oct 202562 GREYSTEAD ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3SD
Received 23 Oct 202510 WOOD VALE, LONDON, SE23 3EE
Received 23 Oct 2025HORNIMAN GARDENS, 100 LONDON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3PQ
Received 23 Oct 20255 TRESSILLIAN CRESCENT, LONDON, SE4 1QJ
Received 23 Oct 2025162B UPPER BROCKLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1SS
Received 23 Oct 2025135 SILVERMERE ROAD, LONDON, SE6 4QU
Received 23 Oct 20251-1A BROCKLEY CROSS, LONDON, SE4 2AB
Received 23 Oct 202566 BRIGHTFIELD ROAD, LONDON, SE12 8QF
Received 23 Oct 2025FLAT 5, 108 PERRY VALE, LONDON, SE23 2LQ
Received 23 Oct 202570A WOOD VALE, LONDON, SE23 3ED
Received 23 Oct 2025156 UPPER BROCKLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1SS
Received 23 Oct 2025140 MANOR LANE, LONDON, SE12 8LR
Received 23 Oct 20251 DACRE PLACE, LONDON, SE13 5DJ
Received 23 Oct 20259 BRIDGE HOUSE, 47 ADELAIDE AVENUE, LONDON, SE4 1LF
Received 24 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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