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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3,136 approved · 589 refused · 70 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
36 BANKHURST ROAD, LONDON, SE6 4XN
Received 16 Feb 2026HEATHWAY HOUSE, CHURCH TERRACE, LONDON, SE13 5BT
Received 16 Feb 2026127 UPPER BROCKLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1TF
Received 17 Feb 202670 LUDWICK MEWS, LONDON, SE14 6NG
Received 17 Feb 2026BECKENHAM PLACE PARK, 118 OLD BROMLEY ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 4JY
Received 25 Feb 2026STILLNESS INFANT AND JUNIOR SCHOOL, BROCKLEY RISE, LONDON, SE23 1NH
Received 17 Feb 202633 GIRTON ROAD, LONDON, SE26 5DJ
Received 17 Feb 202690 WOOD VALE, LONDON, SE23 3ED
Received 17 Feb 202614 ST MARGARET'S ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1YU
Received 17 Feb 202636 ROKEBY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1DE
Received 17 Feb 202675 BROCKLEHURST STREET, LONDON, SE14 5QS
Received 18 Feb 202668 PEPYS ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5SD
Received 18 Feb 202629 WYNELL ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2LW
Received 18 Feb 20262 EXFORD GARDENS, LONDON, SE12 9HE
Received 18 Feb 202632 WOOLSTONE ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2SG
Received 18 Feb 202635 LUTWYCHE ROAD, LONDON, SE6 4EP
Received 18 Feb 202640 DEPTFORD HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE8 4AF
Received 18 Feb 2026100 MANOR AVENUE, LONDON, SE4 1TE
Received 18 Feb 2026164-196 TRUNDLEY'S ROAD AND 1-9 SANFORD STREET, LONDON, SE8 5JE
Received 18 Feb 202677 WOODHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2SB
Received 18 Feb 202687 QUENTIN ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5DG
Received 18 Feb 2026UNIT E, PHOENIX WORKS, BIRD-IN-HAND PASSAGE, LONDON, SE23 3HW
Received 18 Feb 2026EARL PUMPING STATION, CHILTON GROVE, LONDON, SE8 5FA
Received 18 Feb 2026457 BROCKLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2PJ
Received 18 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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