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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.
3,063 approved · 581 refused · 67 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
141 WELLMEADOW ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1HP
Received 5 Nov 202559 BREAKSPEARS ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1XR
Received 5 Nov 202523D SLAITHWAITE ROAD, LONDON, SE13 6DJ
Received 5 Nov 202514 LONGTON GROVE, LONDON, SE26 6QE
Received 5 Nov 2025HIGH VIEW COURT, 65 HORNIMAN DRIVE, LONDON, SE23 3BJ
Received 5 Nov 2025LANGSIDE, 5 TAYMOUNT RISE, LONDON, SE23 3UG
Received 5 Nov 202514 EWHURST ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1AQ
Received 5 Nov 202514 DACRES ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2NW
Received 5 Nov 2025GAOLHOUSE COURT, 114-116 AMERSHAM VALE, LONDON, SE14 6LJ
Received 5 Nov 202534 BROCKLEY VIEW, LONDON, SE23 1SL
Received 5 Nov 202523 MURILLO ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5QF
Received 5 Nov 20254 DUNCRIEVIE ROAD, LONDON, SE13 6TE
Received 5 Nov 202529 SALEHURST ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1AS
Received 6 Nov 202539-43 EDDYSTONE ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2DE
Received 6 Nov 202572 LOAMPIT HILL, LONDON, SE13 7SW
Received 6 Nov 202598A ARRAN ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2NN
Received 6 Nov 2025103 ST JOSEPH'S VALE, LONDON, SE3 0XQ
Received 6 Nov 202575 HALL DRIVE, LONDON, SE26 6XL
Received 6 Nov 202588 CANONBIE ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3AG
Received 6 Nov 202526 FAVERSHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE6 4XF
Received 6 Nov 202587 BOYNE ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5AN
Received 6 Nov 2025ON THE FOOTWAY ADJACENT TO 526 BROMLEY ROAD, LONDON, BR1 4PD
Received 7 Nov 202553 CROFTON PARK ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1AF
Received 7 Nov 2025REAR OF 2-6, DEVONSHIRE ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3TJ
Received 7 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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