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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.
3,106 approved · 587 refused · 68 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 MUIRKIRK ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1BE
Received 15 Jan 2026FLAT A, 1 ABERDEEN TERRACE, LONDON, SE3 0QX
Received 15 Jan 2026234 BURNT ASH HILL, LONDON, SE12 0QD
Received 15 Jan 2026234 BURNT ASH HILL, LONDON, SE12 0QD
Received 15 Jan 202648 HOWSON ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2AT
Received 15 Jan 2026MAPLE COURT, 19-21 CANADIAN AVENUE, LONDON, SE6 3AY
Received 15 Jan 20264A TALBOT PLACE, LONDON, SE3 0TZ
Received 15 Jan 202630 HONLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2HZ
Received 15 Jan 2026BARING HALL HOTEL, 368 BARING ROAD, LONDON, SE12 0DU
Received 15 Jan 202667 CONISTON ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 4JG
Received 15 Jan 202626 TANNSFELD ROAD, LONDON, SE26 5DF
Received 16 Jan 202675A MANOR AVENUE, LONDON, SE4 1TD
Received 16 Jan 202615 THRIFFWOOD, SILVERDALE, LONDON, SE26 4SH
Received 16 Jan 2026138 ERLANGER ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5TJ
Received 16 Jan 202615 THRIFFWOOD, SILVERDALE, LONDON, SE26 4SH
Received 16 Jan 2026GARAGES AT THE SIDE OF 37 & 121-125 CARSTON CLOSE, LONDON, SE12 8DX
Received 16 Jan 20261 HEATHER CLOSE, LONDON, SE13 6UG
Received 16 Jan 202630 DEPTFORD HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE8 4AF
Received 16 Jan 2026CROWN AND NEW BALTIC, PARK AND BRIDGE AND VICTORIA WHARVES, BOUNDED BY GROVE STREET, DRAGOON STREET AND EVELYN STREET, OXESTALLS ROAD, LONDON, SE8
Received 16 Jan 2026CROWN AND NEW BALTIC, PARK AND BRIDGE AND VICTORIA WHARVES, BOUNDED BY GROVE STREET, DRAGOON STREET AND EVELYN STREET, OXESTALLS ROAD, LONDON, SE8
Received 16 Jan 202620 ALLOA ROAD, LONDON, SE8 5AJ
Received 16 Jan 2026BLACKHEATH HOSPITAL, 40-42 LEE TERRACE, LONDON, SE3 9UD
Received 16 Jan 2026LEWISHAM HOUSE, 25 MOLESWORTH STREET, LONDON, SE13 7EX
Received 16 Jan 2026FLAT 1, 150 STANSTEAD ROAD, LONDON, SE23 1BX
Received 19 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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