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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.
3,134 approved · 589 refused · 69 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
26 HADDINGTON ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 5RH
Received 5 Feb 202638 CANADIAN AVENUE, LONDON, SE6 3AS
Received 5 Feb 2026FLAT 4, 82 HONOR OAK ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3RR
Received 5 Feb 2026154 WELLMEADOW ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1HP
Received 5 Feb 202620 BREAKSPEARS ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1UW
Received 5 Feb 202627 VICARS HILL, LONDON, SE13 7JB
Received 6 Feb 202661 THORPEWOOD AVENUE, LONDON, SE26 4BY
Received 6 Feb 2026FLAT 2, 2 RECREATION ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4ST
Received 6 Feb 2026FLAT 3, DYER HOUSE, JERNINGHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5NQ
Received 6 Feb 2026128 TRESSILLIAN ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1XX
Received 6 Feb 202671 LEWISHAM WAY, LONDON, SE14 6QD
Received 6 Feb 2026UNIT 1, ASHBY MEWS, LONDON, SE4 1TB
Received 9 Feb 2026RAVENSBOURNE ARMS, 323 LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE13 6JZ
Received 9 Feb 20261 THORNSBEACH ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1DY
Received 9 Feb 202611 BROCKILL CRESCENT, LONDON, SE4 2PT
Received 9 Feb 202680 HEATHLEE ROAD, LONDON, SE3 9HP
Received 9 Feb 202667 BIRKHALL ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1TF
Received 9 Feb 202620 FELDAY ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7HJ
Received 9 Feb 2026103 BROOKDALE ROAD, LONDON, SE6 4JP
Received 9 Feb 20267 HEREFORD GARDENS, LONGHURST ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5LU
Received 9 Feb 20262 KINGSAND ROAD, LONDON, SE12 0LE
Received 9 Feb 202678 HOWSON ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2AU
Received 9 Feb 2026174 SOUTHEND LANE, LONDON, SE6 3DP
Received 10 Feb 2026105 MALYONS ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7XE
Received 9 Feb 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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