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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.
2,956 approved · 563 refused · 67 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Mar 2003 to 5 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 WALLBUTTON ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2NX
Received 11 Aug 202516 REVELON ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2PP
Received 11 Aug 2025EVELYN COURT, DEPTFORD PARK BUSINESS CENTRE, GRINSTEAD ROAD, LONDON, SE8 5AD
Received 11 Aug 202536 BANKHURST ROAD, LONDON, SE6 4XN
Received 11 Aug 202518 HORNCASTLE ROAD, LONDON, SE12 9LA
Received 11 Aug 202561 CHUBWORTHY STREET, LONDON, SE14 6JD
Received 11 Aug 2025260 DACRE PARK, LONDON, SE13 5DD
Received 12 Aug 202520 BELLINGHAM TRADING ESTATE, FRANTHORNE WAY, LONDON, SE6 3BX
Received 12 Aug 2025UNIT 14, DEPTFORD TRADING ESTATE, BLACKHORSE ROAD, LONDON, SE8 5HY
Received 11 Aug 202514 DEPTFORD WHARF, LONDON, SE8 3PA
Received 12 Aug 202518 SYDENHAM PARK ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4ED
Received 12 Aug 202520 SYDENHAM PARK ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4ED
Received 12 Aug 2025104 JOSEPH HARDCASTLE CLOSE, LONDON, SE14 5RQ
Received 12 Aug 202522 LONDON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3HF
Received 13 Aug 2025GROUND FLOOR & FIRST FLOOR FLATS, 47 SPRULES ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2NL
Received 13 Aug 2025HORNIMAN GARDENS, 100 LONDON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3PQ
Received 13 Aug 2025122 MANOR LANE, LONDON, SE12 8LR
Received 13 Aug 2025ST DUNSTANS COLLEGE, STANSTEAD ROAD, LONDON, SE6 4TY
Received 13 Aug 20251 LAWN TERRACE, LONDON, SE3 9LJ
Received 13 Aug 202515 SOMERSET GARDENS, LONDON, SE13 7SY
Received 13 Aug 202515 SOMERSET GARDENS, LONDON, SE13 7SY
Received 13 Aug 20255 MONTPELIER ROW, LONDON, SE3 0RL
Received 13 Aug 2025ALLOTMENT GARDENS AT REAR OF, 2-20 ARCUS ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 4NW
Received 13 Aug 202513 BROADFIELD ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1ND
Received 13 Aug 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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