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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3,063 approved · 581 refused · 67 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
31 VULCAN TERRACE, LONDON, SE4 1DA
Received 7 Nov 2025405 DOWNHAM WAY, BROMLEY, BR1 5EW
Received 7 Nov 20255 ETON GROVE, LONDON, SE13 5BY
Received 7 Nov 202551 HONLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2HY
Received 7 Nov 202586 GELLATLY ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5TT
Received 7 Nov 2025BLACKHEATH BUSINESS ESTATE, BLACKHEATH HILL, LONDON, SE10 8BA
Received 7 Nov 202579 LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE13 5JX
Received 10 Nov 202525 NETHERBY ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3AL
Received 10 Nov 202525 NETHERBY ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3AL
Received 10 Nov 202571 LEWISHAM WAY, LONDON, SE14 6QD
Received 10 Nov 20258 COBBSTHORPE VILLAS, QUEENSTHORPE ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4PL
Received 10 Nov 20256 MANTLE ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2EX
Received 10 Nov 202542 ST JOHN'S VALE, LONDON, SE8 4EN
Received 10 Nov 202558 RIVERVIEW PARK, LONDON, SE6 4PN
Received 10 Nov 2025225 LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE13 6LY
Received 10 Nov 2025LAND ON THE EAST SIDE OF, 68 RAVENSBOURNE PARK CRESCENT, LONDON, SE6 4YP
Received 10 Nov 202520-24 DARTMOUTH ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3XU
Received 10 Nov 2025HOLY CROSS RC SCHOOL, CULVERLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2LD
Received 11 Nov 2025ST GEORGES, ST GERMANS ROAD, LONDON, SE23 1RX
Received 11 Nov 202573A ELSINORE ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2SH
Received 11 Nov 2025COCKPIT ARTS CENTRE, 18-22 CREEKSIDE, LONDON, SE8 3DZ
Received 7 Nov 202512 BARMESTON ROAD, LONDON, SE6 3BH
Received 11 Nov 2025CIVIC SUITE, CATFORD ROAD, LONDON, SE6 4RU
Received 11 Nov 202517 SOMERSET GARDENS, LONDON, SE13 7SY
Received 11 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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