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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.
3,105 approved · 587 refused · 68 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
85 ST JOSEPH'S VALE, LONDON, SE3 0XG
Received 7 Jan 20261 GEOFFREY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1NU
Received 8 Jan 20268 MONTAGUE AVENUE, LONDON, SE4 1YP
Received 8 Jan 202630 THORNFORD ROAD, LONDON, SE13 6SG
Received 8 Jan 202632 EWELME ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3BH
Received 9 Jan 2026FLAT 2, 30 BELMONT HILL, LONDON, SE13 5BA
Received 9 Jan 202628 BLACKHEATH VILLAGE, LONDON, SE3 9SY
Received 9 Jan 2026HORNIMAN GARDENS, 100 LONDON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3PQ
Received 9 Jan 2026SUNNYMEAD, HEATH LANE, LONDON, SE3 0UT
Received 9 Jan 2026UNIT 7 AN GOF HOUSE, 11 CANAL APPROACH, LONDON, SE8 5FF
Received 9 Jan 2026FLAT C, 138 DRAKEFELL ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2DS
Received 9 Jan 2026102 PERRY HILL, LONDON, SE6 4EY
Received 12 Jan 202667A UPPER BROCKLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1SY
Received 12 Jan 20264 ST MARGARET'S ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1YU
Received 12 Jan 2026112 GLENFARG ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1XJ
Received 12 Jan 202668 BARRIEDALE, LONDON, SE14 6RG
Received 12 Jan 202642 MAYOW ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4JA
Received 12 Jan 2026GREEN BANK COTTAGE, TAYMOUNT RISE, LONDON, SE23 3UL
Received 9 Jan 2026LEWISHAM LIBRARY, 199-201 LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE13 6LG
Received 12 Jan 202615 BRIDGE HOUSE, 47 ADELAIDE AVENUE, LONDON, SE4 1LF
Received 12 Jan 2026BRIGADE WORKS, BRIGADE STREET, LONDON, SE3 0TW
Received 12 Jan 2026308-310 LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE13 6JZ
Received 12 Jan 202625 CHURCH RISE, LONDON, SE23 2UD
Received 12 Jan 2026BRIGADE WORKS, BRIGADE STREET, LONDON, SE3 0TW
Received 12 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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