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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3,104 approved · 587 refused · 68 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
BENDEN HOUSE, MONUMENT GARDENS, LONDON, SE13 6PY
Received 6 Jan 202628 SEYMOUR GARDENS, LONDON, SE4 2DN
Received 5 Jan 20261 WESTWOOD PLACE, WESTWOOD HILL, LONDON, SE26 6PF
Received 5 Jan 2026CATFORD WANDERERS SPORTS CLUB, BECKENHAM HILL ROAD, BROMLEY, SE6 3NU
Received 5 Jan 202621 PEARFIELD ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2LP
Received 5 Jan 202636 BANKHURST ROAD, LONDON, SE6 4XN
Received 5 Jan 2026UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEWISHAM, LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE13 6LH
Received 5 Jan 2026ALLOTMENT GARDENS AT REAR OF, 2-20 ARCUS ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 4NW
Received 5 Jan 2026151 WELLMEADOW ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1HP
Received 5 Jan 2026ALLOTMENT GARDENS AT REAR OF, 2-20 ARCUS ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 4NW
Received 5 Jan 202671 UPPER BROCKLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1TF
Received 5 Jan 202611 OAKCROFT ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7ED
Received 6 Jan 202688 WOODYATES ROAD, LONDON, SE12 9JH
Received 6 Jan 20269 LEAHURST ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5HX
Received 6 Jan 2026WALSHAM HOUSE, WALSHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5LR
Received 7 Jan 202665 HAZELBANK ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1LS
Received 8 Jan 2026SYDENHAM HIGH SENIOR SCHOOL, 19 WESTWOOD HILL, LONDON, SE26 6BL
Received 6 Jan 2026229 MALPAS ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1BH
Received 6 Jan 202669 CATFORD HILL, LONDON, SE6 4PW
Received 6 Jan 20261-1A BROCKLEY CROSS, LONDON, SE4 2AB
Received 6 Jan 2026117 WOODYATES ROAD, LONDON, SE12 9JQ
Received 7 Jan 202644 NORTHOVER, BROMLEY, BR1 5JR
Received 7 Jan 20266 TROUTBECK ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5PN
Received 7 Jan 202677B ARBUTHNOT ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5NP
Received 7 Jan 2026Records 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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