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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.
3,024 approved · 573 refused · 67 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Mar 2003 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 THE ORCHARD, LONDON, SE3 0QS
Received 17 Sept 202518 OLDSTEAD ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 5RW
Received 18 Sept 20252 DEVONSHIRE ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3TJ
Received 18 Sept 202596 HOWSON ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2AU
Received 18 Sept 2025113 EWHURST ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1SD
Received 18 Sept 2025156 MARVELS LANE, LONDON, SE12 9PG
Received 18 Sept 202526 MONSON ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5EH
Received 18 Sept 2025CLARENDON HOTEL, 8-16 MONTPELIER ROW, LONDON, SE3 0RW
Received 19 Sept 2025LAND TO THE WEST OF JUTLAND ROAD, LAND TO THE REAR OF, 64 BROWNHILL ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2EJ
Received 18 Sept 202549 CALMONT ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 4BY
Received 18 Sept 20251-3 ASHBY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1PR
Received 18 Sept 202589 LONGTON AVENUE, LONDON, SE26 6RF
Received 18 Sept 2025DREWERY COURT, THE GLEBE, LONDON, SE3 9TJ
Received 18 Sept 202510 THORPEWOOD AVENUE, LONDON, SE26 4BX
Received 18 Sept 202545 HAREFIELD ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1LW
Received 18 Sept 202552 EMBLETON ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7DG
Received 19 Sept 202580 BURGHILL ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4HL
Received 19 Sept 2025121 LEE PARK, LONDON, SE3 9HE
Received 19 Sept 2025121 LEE PARK, LONDON, SE3 9HE
Received 19 Sept 2025FLAT B, OAKDENE, ST FILLANS ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1DG
Received 19 Sept 20251-1A DAVENPORT ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2AY
Received 19 Sept 2025FORMER SHANNON'S GARDEN CENTRE, 4 MALHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE23 1HF
Received 19 Sept 202556 BLYTHE HILL LANE, LONDON, SE6 4UN
Received 19 Sept 202519-21 BROWNHILL ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2HG
Received 19 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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