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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.
3,058 approved · 577 refused · 67 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
56 BOYNE ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5AW
Received 27 Oct 20255-12 PARK MANSIONS, SYDENHAM PARK, LONDON, SE26 4DN
Received 27 Oct 20251 SPRING HILL, LONDON, SE26 4LD
Received 27 Oct 20259 - 13 DEPTFORD CHURCH STREET, LONDON, SE8 4RX
Received 27 Oct 2025DEPTFORD CHURCH STREET SITE, THAMES TUNNEL, LONDON
Received 28 Oct 2025MCDONALDS, THE GARDEN GATE, OLD BROMLEY ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 4JY
Received 27 Oct 202515 CAMPSHILL ROAD, LONDON, SE13 6QU
Received 28 Oct 2025HESPER HOUSE, WELLS PARK ROAD, LONDON, SE26 6RQ
Received 28 Oct 202573 KILMORIE ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2SS
Received 28 Oct 2025BENJAMIN COURT, 110 BROMLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2UN
Received 28 Oct 202553 BRIGHTFIELD ROAD, LONDON, SE12 8QE
Received 28 Oct 2025COCKPIT ARTS CENTRE, 18-22 CREEKSIDE, LONDON, SE8 3DZ
Received 28 Oct 202568 PITFOLD ROAD, LONDON, SE12 9HY
Received 28 Oct 202551 SOUTHBROOK ROAD, LONDON, SE12 8LJ
Received 29 Oct 202565 HONLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2HY
Received 29 Oct 202538 ASHMEAD ROAD, LONDON, SE8 4DX
Received 29 Oct 2025129-131 CHINBROOK ROAD, LONDON, SE12 9QL
Received 29 Oct 202551A MANOR AVENUE, LONDON, SE4 1TD
Received 29 Oct 2025LEE MEETING HALL, WOODYATES ROAD, LONDON, SE12 9JG
Received 30 Oct 202595 CHUDLEIGH ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1JX
Received 30 Oct 2025WATERGATE SCHOOL, LUSHINGTON ROAD, LONDON, SE6 3RJ
Received 30 Oct 2025WATERGATE SCHOOL, LUSHINGTON ROAD, LONDON, SE6 3RJ
Received 30 Oct 2025WATERGATE SCHOOL, LUSHINGTON ROAD, LONDON, SE6 3RJ
Received 30 Oct 2025FLAT 1, 68 LONDON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3HQ
Received 30 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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