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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.
2,957 approved · 563 refused · 67 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
73 SUNDERLAND ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2PS
Received 13 Aug 2025CROWN AND NEW BALTIC, PARK AND BRIDGE AND VICTORIA WHARVES, BOUNDED BY GROVE STREET, DRAGOON STREET AND EVELYN STREET, OXESTALLS ROAD, LONDON, SE8
Received 13 Aug 202543-49 POMEROY STREET, LONDON, SE14 5BW
Received 12 Aug 202578 EMBLETON ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7DG
Received 13 Aug 2025108 WOOLSTONE ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2TH
Received 13 Aug 202514 OTTERDEN STREET, LONDON, SE6 3SJ
Received 13 Aug 2025159 CULVERLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2JZ
Received 13 Aug 202514 CHURCH TERRACE, LONDON, SE13 5BT
Received 13 Aug 2025CAROLINE GRAVESON BUILDING, BATAVIA ROAD, LONDON, SE14 6BJ
Received 13 Aug 20253 COLLINGTREE ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4QG
Received 13 Aug 2025LAND AT THE REAR OF, 55 BROSELEY GROVE, LONDON, SE26 5LD
Received 13 Aug 202516 ELIOT VALE, LONDON, SE3 0UW
Received 14 Aug 2025UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEWISHAM, LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE13 6LH
Received 14 Aug 202526B GLENWOOD ROAD, LONDON, SE6 4NF
Received 14 Aug 202522 BLACKHEATH RISE, LONDON, SE13 7PN
Received 14 Aug 20254 ASHMEAD ROAD, LONDON, SE8 4DX
Received 14 Aug 2025102 PERRY HILL, LONDON, SE6 4EY
Received 14 Aug 202529B GLENTON ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5RS
Received 13 Aug 202537 LUCAS STREET, LONDON, SE8 4QH
Received 15 Aug 202512 PERRY VALE, LONDON, SE23 2LD
Received 13 Aug 202530 VICARS HILL, LONDON, SE13 7JL
Received 13 Aug 202519 BELLINGHAM TRADING ESTATE, FRANTHORNE WAY, LONDON, SE6 3BX
Received 15 Aug 2025UNIT 3, RAILWAY ARCHES, FFINCH STREET, LONDON, SE8 5QA
Received 14 Aug 202531 BROCKLEY VIEW, LONDON, SE23 1SL
Received 15 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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