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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3,136 approved · 589 refused · 70 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 TYLER HOUSE, WAT TYLER ROAD, LONDON, SE3 0RF
Received 18 Feb 202689 SELWORTHY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 4DW
Received 19 Feb 202649 ENDWELL ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2NE
Received 19 Feb 202641-43 BEADNELL ROAD, LONDON, SE23 1AA
Received 19 Feb 202641-43 BEADNELL ROAD, LONDON, SE23 1AA
Received 19 Feb 202660-62 COMERFORD ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2AX
Received 19 Feb 2026UNIT 2, 209-211 MANTLE ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2EW
Received 18 Feb 20262 EWELME ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3BH
Received 19 Feb 202639 HIGHCLERE STREET, LONDON, SE26 4EX
Received 19 Feb 202640 CRANFIELD ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1UG
Received 19 Feb 202637 LIMES GROVE, LONDON, SE13 6DD
Received 19 Feb 202618 BLYTHE HILL, LONDON, SE6 4UL
Received 19 Feb 202626B SYDENHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE26 5QW
Received 19 Feb 2026176 VERDANT LANE, LONDON, SE6 1LJ
Received 19 Feb 202611 WESTDOWN ROAD, LONDON, SE6 4RL
Received 19 Feb 2026117 BROWNHILL ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2BG
Received 19 Feb 2026235 BROWNHILL ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1AA
Received 19 Feb 2026231 BROWNHILL ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1AA
Received 19 Feb 2026124 BROWNHILL ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2DH
Received 19 Feb 202651 BRADGATE ROAD, LONDON, SE6 4TT
Received 19 Feb 2026110 WELLMEADOW ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1HW
Received 19 Feb 202665 DAVENPORT ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2AY
Received 19 Feb 202694 FARLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2AR
Received 19 Feb 202646, 48, 50 LIMES GROVE, LONDON, SE13 6DE
Received 19 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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