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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.
2,972 approved · 564 refused · 67 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
RAWLINSON HOUSE, MERCATOR ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5EL
Received 20 Aug 202512 SYDENHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE26 5QW
Received 20 Aug 202529 CATFORD BROADWAY, LONDON, SE6 4AS
Received 20 Aug 2025118 MALHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE23 1AN
Received 20 Aug 20256 ELIOT VALE, LONDON, SE3 0UU
Received 20 Aug 2025LEEGATE SHOPPING CENTRE, LEEGATE, LONDON, SE12
Received 20 Aug 20254 HELDER GROVE, LONDON, SE12 0RB
Received 20 Aug 202591 TYRWHITT ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1QE
Received 20 Aug 202557 LEYLAND ROAD, LONDON, SE12 8DW
Received 21 Aug 202534 ST JOHN'S VALE, LONDON, SE8 4EN
Received 21 Aug 2025111 EMBLETON ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7DQ
Received 21 Aug 2025JUDE COURT, 4 MANTLE ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2EX
Received 21 Aug 202516 WEMYSS ROAD, LONDON, SE3 0TG
Received 21 Aug 20252A WOOD VALE, LONDON, SE23 3EE
Received 21 Aug 202534 WOOD VALE, LONDON, SE23 3EE
Received 21 Aug 20256 WOOD VALE, LONDON, SE23 3EE
Received 21 Aug 2025LAND AT THE FORMER BELL GREEN GAS WORKS, BELL GREEN, LONDON, SE26
Received 22 Aug 2025LAND AT THE FORMER BELL GREEN GAS WORKS, BELL GREEN, LONDON, SE26
Received 22 Aug 202514 SHROFFOLD ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 5PE
Received 22 Aug 2025BLACKHEATH BUSINESS ESTATE, BLACKHEATH HILL, LONDON, SE10 8BA
Received 22 Aug 2025276 LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE13 6JZ
Received 22 Aug 2025276 LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE13 6JZ
Received 22 Aug 202532 BROMLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2TP
Received 22 Aug 202519 TREWSBURY ROAD, LONDON, SE26 5DP
Received 25 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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