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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.
3,110 approved · 589 refused · 68 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
152-154 LEWISHAM WAY, LONDON, SE14 6PD
Received 19 Jan 2026152 LEAHURST ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5NL
Received 19 Jan 20261 PERRY RISE, LONDON, SE23 2QX
Received 19 Jan 202629 TREWSBURY ROAD, LONDON, SE26 5DP
Received 19 Jan 2026BRETHEREN MEETING ROOM, 40-42 WOODYATES ROAD, LONDON, SE12 9JG
Received 16 Jan 202620 ALLOA ROAD, LONDON, SE8 5AJ
Received 19 Jan 202646A WALLER ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5LA
Received 19 Jan 2026UNIT 4, ASHBY MEWS, LONDON, SE4 1TB
Received 17 Jan 202665 RIVERVIEW PARK, LONDON, SE6 4PL
Received 20 Jan 202656 BURNT ASH ROAD, LONDON, SE12 8PY
Received 19 Jan 2026152 LEAHURST ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5NL
Received 19 Jan 2026112 BROMLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2UN
Received 19 Jan 202632A TRESSILLIAN ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1YB
Received 19 Jan 2026136 BARGERY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2LR
Received 19 Jan 2026159A UPPER BROCKLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1TF
Received 19 Jan 202632 EWHURST ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1AQ
Received 20 Jan 2026MIRIAM LODGE, 185 DARTMOUTH ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4RQ
Received 19 Jan 2026117 MANWOOD ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1SA
Received 19 Jan 2026FLAT 4, 2 WALERAND ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7PG
Received 20 Jan 202653 SHIFFORD PATH, PERRY VALE, LONDON, SE23 2XE
Received 20 Jan 20263 MORLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE13 6DQ
Received 20 Jan 202631 UPPER BROCKLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1SY
Received 20 Jan 202666 CAMBRIDGE DRIVE, LONDON, SE12 8AJ
Received 20 Jan 202644 TRESSILLIAN ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1YB
Received 20 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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