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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3,122 approved · 589 refused · 69 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
32 BRIGHTSIDE ROAD, LONDON, SE13 6EW
Received 26 Jan 202640 OLD ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5SR
Received 26 Jan 20261-3 ASHBY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1PR
Received 26 Jan 2026FLAT 3, 94 WOOLSTONE ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2TH
Received 27 Jan 202689 GRIERSON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 1NY
Received 27 Jan 2026POOL COURT, FORDMILL ROAD, LONDON, SE6 3JQ
Received 27 Jan 2026208 ALBYN ROAD, LONDON, SE8 4JQ
Received 27 Jan 2026322B BROCKLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2BT
Received 26 Jan 2026MAYFIELDS HOSTEL, 47 BURNT ASH HILL, LONDON, SE12 0AE
Received 26 Jan 202666 SOUTHBROOK ROAD, LONDON, SE12 8LL
Received 27 Jan 2026308-310 LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE13 6JZ
Received 28 Jan 2026UNIT E, PHOENIX WORKS, BIRD-IN-HAND PASSAGE, LONDON, SE23 3HW
Received 27 Jan 202667 BOUSFIELD ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5TP
Received 27 Jan 202685 BROCKLEY RISE, LONDON, SE23 1JN
Received 28 Jan 20266 THE ORCHARD, LONDON, SE3 0QS
Received 28 Jan 2026LAND ON WICKHAM MEWS, REAR OF, 4 WICKHAM ROAD, LONDON
Received 28 Jan 202639 ARICA ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2PY
Received 28 Jan 202651A DEPTFORD BROADWAY, LONDON, SE8 4PH
Received 28 Jan 202652B SANDROCK ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7TR
Received 28 Jan 202634 SYDENHAM HILL, LONDON, SE26 6LS
Received 28 Jan 2026130-132 VERDANT LANE, LONDON, SE6 1LG
Received 28 Jan 202675A GRANVILLE PARK, LONDON, SE13 7DW
Received 28 Jan 202682-84 CHILDERS STREET, LONDON, SE8 5FS
Received 28 Jan 2026137 LEAHURST ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5LW
Received 28 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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