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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.
3,136 approved · 589 refused · 70 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
UNIT B15 FUEL TANK, 8-16 CREEKSIDE, LONDON, SE8 3DX
Received 10 Feb 202635 TANNERS HILL, LONDON, SE8 4PL
Received 10 Feb 202614 ELVINO ROAD, LONDON, SE26 5LE
Received 10 Feb 20269 LENHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE12 8QN
Received 11 Feb 20261 HANDEN ROAD, LONDON, SE12 8NP
Received 11 Feb 202629 EWELME ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3BQ
Received 11 Feb 2026LAND NEXT TO FLATS WITH GARAGES, 334 LEE HIGH ROAD, LONDON, SE12 8RS
Received 11 Feb 202643 BLYTHE HILL LANE, LONDON, SE6 4UP
Received 11 Feb 202658 SALEHURST ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1AW
Received 12 Feb 202615 ELIOT PLACE, LONDON, SE3 0QL
Received 11 Feb 202654 DEPTFORD BROADWAY, LONDON, SE8 4PH
Received 11 Feb 202645 LOCK CHASE, LONDON, SE3 9HB
Received 11 Feb 2026164-196 TRUNDLEY'S ROAD AND 1-9 SANFORD STREET, LONDON, SE8 5JE
Received 12 Feb 202626-26a, MONSON ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5EH
Received 16 Feb 2026ST PAULS HOUSE, 125 DEPTFORD HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE8 4NS
Received 12 Feb 20264-12 DEPTFORD BRIDGE, LONDON, SE8 4HH
Received 12 Feb 2026LIDL BELLINGHAM, 233-249 SOUTHEND LANE, LONDON, SE6 3DS
Received 12 Feb 2026105 LONDON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3XW
Received 12 Feb 2026MAYFIELDS HOSTEL, 47 BURNT ASH HILL, LONDON, SE12 0AE
Received 12 Feb 2026MAYFIELDS HOSTEL, 47 BURNT ASH HILL, LONDON, SE12 0AE
Received 12 Feb 2026LAND TO THE REAR OF, 40 BROWNHILL ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2EJ
Received 12 Feb 2026UNIT 1A, 3 HARBOURSIDE COURT, PLOUGH WAY, LONDON, SE8 7PF
Received 12 Feb 2026FLAT A, 84 WICKHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1LS
Received 12 Feb 2026128 SYDENHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE26 5JY
Received 12 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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