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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.
2,975 approved · 565 refused · 67 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
CUREPIPE COURT, 125-131 KIRKDALE, LONDON, SE26 4QJ
Received 9 Sept 20258 BROCKLEY VIEW, LONDON, SE23 1SN
Received 9 Sept 202572 THORPEWOOD AVENUE, LONDON, SE26 4BY
Received 9 Sept 202513 EFFINGHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE12 8NZ
Received 9 Sept 2025195 RUSHEY GREEN, LONDON, SE6 4BD
Received 8 Sept 202526-26A MONSON ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5EH
Received 9 Sept 2025BISHOPS LODGE, 37 SOUTH ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2UJ
Received 9 Sept 2025REAR OF 2-6, DEVONSHIRE ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3TJ
Received 9 Sept 2025HOLM COURT, LE MAY AVENUE, LONDON, SE12 0BD
Received 9 Sept 202531 WALLER ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5LE
Received 9 Sept 20259 HILDENBOROUGH GARDENS, BROMLEY, BR1 4NU
Received 9 Sept 2025THE GARDEN HOUSE, 3 MORDEN LANE, LONDON, SE13 7NS
Received 9 Sept 2025151 KIRKDALE, LONDON, SE26 4QJ
Received 10 Sept 202521 ELSIEMAUD ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1HN
Received 10 Sept 202539-43 EDDYSTONE ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2DE
Received 10 Sept 2025141 WELLMEADOW ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1HP
Received 10 Sept 202531A CRESCENT WAY, LONDON, SE4 1QL
Received 10 Sept 2025170 NEW CROSS ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5AA
Received 10 Sept 2025164-196 TRUNDLEY'S ROAD AND 1-9 SANFORD STREET, LONDON, SE8 5JE
Received 10 Sept 2025129 LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE13 6AQ
Received 10 Sept 2025496 BROMLEY ROAD, LONDON, BR1 4PB
Received 10 Sept 2025361 SYDENHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE26 5SL
Received 10 Sept 202563 HURSTBOURNE ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2AA
Received 11 Sept 202568-70 BOVILL ROAD, LONDON, SE23 1EJ
Received 11 Sept 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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