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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2,972 approved · 564 refused · 67 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
48 CANADIAN AVENUE, LONDON, SE6 3BP
Received 1 Sept 2025108-110 RUSHEY GREEN, LONDON, SE6 4HW
Received 1 Sept 202596-100 LEE HIGH ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5PT
Received 1 Sept 202562-72 LADYWELL ROAD, LONDON, SE13
Received 2 Sept 2025FIRST FLOOR FLAT, 62 BALLOCH ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1SW
Received 1 Sept 2025120 LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE13 6JG
Received 1 Sept 20254 BENSON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3RJ
Received 1 Sept 202517 FINLAND ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2JE
Received 1 Sept 202525 ARRAN ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2LT
Received 1 Sept 20256 HONOR OAK ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3SF
Received 1 Sept 2025FLAT 2, 10 THE GLEBE, LONDON, SE3 9TG
Received 1 Sept 202557 BOUSFIELD ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5TP
Received 1 Sept 2025165 ARDGOWAN ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1UZ
Received 1 Sept 202514 SELWORTHY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 4DP
Received 1 Sept 202514 HAYNES CLOSE, LONDON, SE3 9UA
Received 1 Sept 20251 HALL DRIVE, LONDON, SE26 6XL
Received 1 Sept 202529 SANGLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2DT
Received 2 Sept 20252 BRIGHTFIELD ROAD, LONDON, SE12 8QF
Received 1 Sept 202529 CATFORD BROADWAY, LONDON, SE6 4AS
Received 2 Sept 20257 FIRS CLOSE, LONDON, SE23 1BB
Received 2 Sept 202510 DRAKE ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1QH
Received 1 Sept 2025BLACKHEATH BUSINESS ESTATE, BLACKHEATH HILL, LONDON, SE10 8BA
Received 2 Sept 202526 CANONBIE ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3AP
Received 2 Sept 202551 HONLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2HY
Received 2 Sept 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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