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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.
3,124 approved · 589 refused · 69 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
44A MAYOW ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4JA
Received 29 Jan 2026PAVEMENT OPPOSITE, AMBERLEY GROVE STREETWORKS, 14-16 AMBERLEY GROVE, LONDON, SE26 6BP
Received 28 Jan 2026SOUTH VIEW COURT, 193 HONOR OAK ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3RY
Received 29 Jan 2026110 LEE ROAD, LONDON, SE3 9DE
Received 29 Jan 202612 ELIOT VALE, LONDON, SE3 0UW
Received 29 Jan 202630 WOOD VALE, LONDON, SE23 3EE
Received 29 Jan 2026120 LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE13 6JG
Received 29 Jan 2026220 LEE HIGH ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5PL
Received 30 Jan 202633B COLLINGTREE ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4QG
Received 30 Jan 202623 OLDSTEAD ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 5RN
Received 30 Jan 202623 OLDSTEAD ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 5RN
Received 30 Jan 202634 RANDLESDOWN ROAD, LONDON, SE6 3BT
Received 30 Jan 2026170 MARVELS LANE, LONDON, SE12 9PJ
Received 29 Jan 20262 BIDEFORD ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 5HD
Received 29 Jan 20265 NORTH SEVERAL, ORCHARD DRIVE, LONDON, SE3 0QR
Received 30 Jan 202614 OTTERDEN STREET, LONDON, SE6 3SJ
Received 30 Jan 2026FLAT BST, 9 ALPHA ROAD, LONDON, SE14 6TZ
Received 30 Jan 202623 WOOLSTONE ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2TR
Received 30 Jan 202627 BROCKILL CRESCENT, LONDON, SE4 2PT
Received 30 Jan 2026131 WELLMEADOW ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1HN
Received 30 Jan 202683A BELMONT HILL, LONDON, SE13 5AX
Received 30 Jan 202640 BREAKSPEARS ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1UL
Received 2 Feb 202651 ST MARGARET'S ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1YL
Received 2 Feb 2026UNIT 16, CHILTONIAN INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, MANOR LANE, LONDON, SE12 0TX
Received 30 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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