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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3,110 approved · 589 refused · 68 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1-65 PASSFIELDS, BROMLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2RE
Received 20 Jan 202643 WHITEFOOT TERRACE, BROMLEY, BR1 5SH
Received 20 Jan 2026175 DOWNHAM WAY, BROMLEY, BR1 5EL
Received 20 Jan 202651 EFFINGHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE12 8NT
Received 21 Jan 202621 BRIDGE HOUSE, 47 ADELAIDE AVENUE, LONDON, SE4 1LF
Received 20 Jan 2026136 ERLANGER ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5TJ
Received 21 Jan 20263 VENTNOR ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5QU
Received 21 Jan 20267 HATCHAM PARK MEWS, LONDON, SE14 5QA
Received 21 Jan 2026LAND ADJACENT TO 42 RAVENSBOURNE PARK CRESCENT, 14-19 CHILTHORNE CLOSE, LONDON, SE6
Received 21 Jan 202616 HATCHAM PARK ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5QD
Received 21 Jan 202616 HATCHAM PARK ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5QD
Received 21 Jan 202651 EFFINGHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE12 8NT
Received 21 Jan 2026APOLLO BUSINESS CENTRE, 158 TRUNDLEY'S ROAD, LONDON, SE8 5JE
Received 22 Jan 2026143-145 LEE HIGH ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5PF
Received 21 Jan 202673 MARVELS LANE, LONDON, SE12 9PH
Received 21 Jan 2026150 MANOR PARK, LONDON, SE13 5RH
Received 21 Jan 2026150 MANOR PARK, LONDON, SE13 5RH
Received 21 Jan 202622 TATNELL ROAD, LONDON, SE23 1JY
Received 21 Jan 20261 COBBSTHORPE VILLAS, QUEENSTHORPE ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4PL
Received 22 Jan 202692 NIGHTINGALE GROVE, LONDON, SE13 6DZ
Received 22 Jan 20264-6 SILVERDALE, LONDON, SE26 4TB
Received 22 Jan 2026ST GEORGES, ST GERMANS ROAD, LONDON, SE23 1RX
Received 22 Jan 202639-43 EDDYSTONE ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2DE
Received 23 Jan 20265 HILLY FIELDS CRESCENT, LONDON, SE4 1QA
Received 23 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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