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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.
3,100 approved · 586 refused · 68 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
UNIT B3 - B4 TRADE CITY, BELL GREEN, LONDON, SE26 4PR
Received 22 Dec 2025UNIT B3 - B4 TRADE CITY, BELL GREEN, LONDON, SE26 4PR
Received 22 Dec 2025104 FERNBROOK ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5NH
Received 22 Dec 20256 WALTERS WAY, LONDON, SE23 3LH
Received 22 Dec 2025(FLATS 1-13) 7, CHURCHWOOD GARDENS, LONDON
Received 22 Dec 2025108-110 RUSHEY GREEN, LONDON, SE6 4HW
Received 19 Dec 202527 DUNN COURT, DOWNHAM LANE, BROMLEY, BR1 4TQ
Received 19 Dec 2025ARDEN HOUSE, 52-54 THURSTON ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7GT
Received 23 Dec 202555 COTTON HILL, BROMLEY, BR1 5RT
Received 23 Dec 2025FLAT 1 & 2, WOODSIDE WALK, 53 HONOR OAK ROAD, LONDON, SE23
Received 22 Dec 2025104 WESTWOOD HILL, LONDON, SE26 6PE
Received 22 Dec 20254 CHURCHWOOD GARDENS, LONDON, SE23
Received 22 Dec 20255 CHURCHWOOD GARDENS, LONDON
Received 22 Dec 2025114 UPPER BROCKLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1SS
Received 22 Dec 20253 ELIOT PLACE, LONDON, SE3 0QL
Received 22 Dec 20252A GAYNESFORD ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2UQ
Received 22 Dec 2025KINGS GARTH, 29 LONDON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3TT
Received 22 Dec 20251 FRIENDLY STREET AND, 233-235 LEWISHAM WAY, LONDON, SE4 1UY
Received 22 Dec 2025164-196 TRUNDLEY'S ROAD AND 1-9 SANFORD STREET, LONDON, SE8 5JE
Received 23 Dec 2025182A LEE HIGH ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5PL
Received 23 Dec 20259 BOLDEN STREET, LONDON, SE8 4JF
Received 23 Dec 202573 LONDON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3TY
Received 23 Dec 202518 MONTPELIER ROW, LONDON, SE3 0RL
Received 23 Dec 202522 HALESWORTH ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7TN
Received 23 Dec 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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