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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.
3,104 approved · 587 refused · 68 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 ELIOT VALE, LONDON, SE3 0UW
Received 23 Dec 20256 HAVELOCK WALK, LONDON, SE23 3HG
Received 23 Dec 202524 ALLENBY ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2RQ
Received 23 Dec 2025123 WALLER ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5LB
Received 23 Dec 202580 UPPER BROCKLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1ST
Received 23 Dec 2025115 NEW CROSS ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5DJ
Received 23 Dec 2025108-110 RUSHEY GREEN, LONDON, SE6 4HW
Received 23 Dec 2025239 KIRKDALE, LONDON, SE26 4QD
Received 24 Dec 20251 SANDROCK ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7TS
Received 25 Dec 2025HEATHWAY HOUSE, CHURCH TERRACE, LONDON, SE13 5BT
Received 25 Dec 20253 FRESHFIELD CLOSE, LONDON, SE13 5NZ
Received 26 Dec 2025212 BROCKLEY GROVE, LONDON, SE4 1HG
Received 29 Dec 202510 HOLME LACEY ROAD, LONDON, SE12 0HR
Received 29 Dec 202545 BLYTHE HILL LANE, LONDON, SE6 4UP
Received 29 Dec 20254 BERTRAND STREET, LONDON, SE13 7AX
Received 29 Dec 2025FLAT A, 13 JEWS WALK, LONDON, SE26 6PJ
Received 29 Dec 202517 SOUTHBROOK ROAD, LONDON, SE12 8LH
Received 6 Jan 202649 GREENLAND MEWS, LONDON, SE8 5JW
Received 31 Dec 2025FLAT ABOVE, 402 LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE13 6LJ
Received 31 Dec 202575 CLIFFVIEW ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7DB
Received 31 Dec 202561 ARNGASK ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1XY
Received 2 Jan 20261 BOWMAN'S LEA, LONDON, SE23 3TL
Received 2 Jan 202616 PERRY RISE, LONDON, SE23 2QL
Received 29 Dec 20258 SYDENHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE26 5QW
Received 2 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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