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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.
3,062 approved · 580 refused · 67 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
THE HILL HOUSE, 28A SYDENHAM HILL, LONDON, SE26 6TP
Received 3 Nov 202516-18 MONTPELIER VALE, LONDON, SE3 0TA
Received 3 Nov 202564 HONOR OAK PARK, LONDON, SE23 1DY
Received 31 Oct 2025EXCALIBUR ESTATE REGENERATION AREA, BAUDWIN ROAD, LONDON, SE6
Received 3 Nov 2025Telecommunications Mast and equipment at, Regent House Business Centre, 291 KIRKDALE, LONDON, SE26
Received 3 Nov 2025THE HILL HOUSE, 28A SYDENHAM HILL, LONDON, SE26 6TP
Received 3 Nov 202539 PATTENDEN ROAD, LONDON, SE6 4NH
Received 3 Nov 2025164 SANDHURST ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1XD
Received 3 Nov 202550 SHIPMAN ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2DR
Received 3 Nov 2025MILLINER COURT, NURSERY CLOSE, LONDON, SE4 1DS
Received 3 Nov 20254 ROKEBY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1DE
Received 3 Nov 2025FLAT A, 10 SOMERSET GARDENS, LONDON, SE13 7SY
Received 6 Oct 202569D TRESSILLIAN ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1YA
Received 3 Nov 202558 BREAKSPEARS ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1UL
Received 8 Oct 2025LAND AT THE REAR OF, 1 EARLSTHORPE ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4PD
Received 4 Nov 2025BT TELEPHONE EXCHANGE, WALDRAM PARK ROAD, LONDON, SE23
Received 4 Nov 20251 LAWN TERRACE, LONDON, SE3 9LJ
Received 4 Nov 2025LAND AT THE REAR OF, 1 EARLSTHORPE ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4PD
Received 5 Nov 2025152 JERNINGHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5NL
Received 4 Nov 2025OFFICE REAR OF, 127 STANSTEAD ROAD, LONDON, SE23 1JF
Received 4 Nov 2025144B SPRINGBANK ROAD, LONDON, SE13 6SU
Received 4 Nov 2025GUYS HOSPITAL ATHLETIC CLUB, BROCKLEY RISE, LONDON, SE23 1NW
Received 4 Nov 202525 DUKESTHORPE ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4PB
Received 4 Nov 202527 STILLNESS ROAD, LONDON, SE23 1NG
Received 4 Nov 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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