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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.
3,122 approved · 589 refused · 69 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
236 STANSTEAD ROAD, LONDON, SE23 1DD
Received 23 Jan 202641B WICKHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1LT
Received 23 Jan 2026ST MILDREDS CHURCH, ST MILDREDS ROAD, LONDON, SE12 0RA
Received 23 Jan 202638 MONTEM ROAD, LONDON, SE23 1SH
Received 23 Jan 2026GREEN BANK COTTAGE, TAYMOUNT RISE, LONDON, SE23 3UL
Received 23 Jan 2026BARING PRIMARY SCHOOL, LINCHMERE ROAD, LONDON, SE12 0NB
Received 23 Jan 202625 CRESCENT WAY, LONDON, SE4 1QL
Received 23 Jan 2026LAND REAR OF, 421 NEW CROSS ROAD, FRONTING STANLEY ST LONDON, SE14 6TA
Received 23 Jan 202612A MONTAGUE AVENUE, LONDON, SE4 1YP
Received 23 Jan 202612 TRESSILLIAN CRESCENT, LONDON, SE4 1QJ
Received 23 Jan 202624 TROUTBECK ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5PN
Received 26 Jan 20268 OLDSTEAD ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 5RW
Received 26 Jan 2026THE VALE MEDICAL CENTRE, 195-197 PERRY VALE, LONDON, SE23 2JF
Received 26 Jan 2026111-113 NEW CROSS ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5DJ
Received 26 Jan 20267A HAVELOCK WALK, LONDON, SE23 3HG
Received 26 Jan 20262-30 REGINALD ROAD, LONDON, SE8 4RY
Received 26 Jan 2026SCOTT HOUSE, 185 GROVE STREET, LONDON, SE8 3SH
Received 26 Jan 2026343 LEE HIGH ROAD, LONDON, SE12 8RU
Received 26 Jan 202660 TRILBY ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2DN
Received 26 Jan 202645 WICKHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1LT
Received 26 Jan 2026GARDEN FLAT, 1 TALBOT PLACE, LONDON, SE3 0TZ
Received 26 Jan 2026FLAT 1, 20 MONTPELIER ROW, LONDON, SE3 0RL
Received 26 Jan 202617 GELLATLY ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5TU
Received 26 Jan 20263 HANDEN ROAD, LONDON, SE12 8NP
Received 26 Jan 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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