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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2,957 approved · 563 refused · 67 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
159 RUSHEY GREEN, LONDON, SE6 4BJ
Received 15 Aug 202561A DAVENPORT ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2AY
Received 15 Aug 2025CATFORD CONSTITUTIONAL CLUB, CATFORD BROADWAY, LONDON, SE6 4SP
Received 15 Aug 2025CATFORD HOUSE, 02 THOMAS' LANE, LONDON SE
Received 14 Aug 202535 MONTPELIER VALE, LONDON, SE3 0TJ
Received 14 Aug 202579 DRAKEFELL ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5SH
Received 15 Aug 2025128B TANNERS HILL, LONDON, SE8 4QD
Received 15 Aug 2025163 BELLINGHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1EQ
Received 15 Aug 202541 HAREFIELD ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1LW
Received 15 Aug 202529 REVELON ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2PN
Received 18 Aug 202529 REVELON ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2PN
Received 18 Aug 202536 BALLAMORE ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 5LW
Received 18 Aug 202596 EDWARD TYLER ROAD, LONDON, SE12 9QF
Received 18 Aug 20251 FFINCH STREET, LONDON, SE8 5QA
Received 18 Aug 2025WATERGATE SCHOOL, LUSHINGTON ROAD, LONDON, SE6 3RJ
Received 18 Aug 202566 COLFE ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2ER
Received 18 Aug 2025ACHILLES STREET ESTATE &, 355-383 NEW CROSS ROAD, LONDON, SE14 6LA
Received 18 Aug 2025LAND REAR OF, 1-3 PERRY HILL, LONDON, SE6 4LF
Received 18 Aug 202531 OAKVIEW ROAD, LONDON, SE6 3QF
Received 18 Aug 202534 SYDENHAM HILL, LONDON, SE26 6LS
Received 18 Aug 202539-43 EDDYSTONE ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2DE
Received 18 Aug 202544A BROWNHILL ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2EJ
Received 18 Aug 202552 DATCHET ROAD, LONDON, SE6 4BY
Received 18 Aug 202558-62 TRANQUIL VALE, LONDON, SE3 0BN
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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