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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3,136 approved · 589 refused · 70 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 -38 LIMES GROVE, LONDON, SE13 6DE
Received 19 Feb 2026MAYFIELDS HOSTEL, 47 BURNT ASH HILL, LONDON, SE12 0AE
Received 19 Feb 202635 HAWSTEAD ROAD, LONDON, SE6 4JL
Received 19 Feb 202611B TYRWHITT ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1QD
Received 19 Feb 20266 JEWS WALK, LONDON, SE26 6PL
Received 19 Feb 2026322B BROCKLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2BT
Received 17 Feb 202655 ST JOSEPH'S VALE, LONDON, SE3 0XG
Received 19 Feb 2026155 BURNT ASH HILL, LONDON, SE12 0AP
Received 19 Feb 2026186 SOUTHEND LANE, LONDON, SE6 3DP
Received 19 Feb 2026182C DRAKEFELL ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2DS
Received 20 Feb 202673 KILMORIE ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2SS
Received 20 Feb 202685 WINLATON ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 5PU
Received 20 Feb 20264 DARTMOUTH TERRACE, LONDON, SE10 8AX
Received 20 Feb 2026149A DEVONSHIRE ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3LZ
Received 20 Feb 202617A MONTPELIER ROW, LONDON, SE3 0RL
Received 20 Feb 202691 GLENFARG ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1XW
Received 23 Feb 2026TWO BREWERS, 80 PERRY HILL, LONDON, SE6 4EY
Received 23 Feb 202620 CASELLA ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5QL
Received 23 Feb 202629 HALESWORTH ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7TJ
Received 23 Feb 202692 CRANSTON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2EY
Received 23 Feb 2026THE WHITE HOUSE, 110-208 KENDER STREET, LONDON, SE14 5JQ
Received 20 Feb 2026117 ALBYN ROAD, LONDON, SE8 4EB
Received 23 Feb 2026117 CHUDLEIGH ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1HP
Received 23 Feb 202676 FORDMILL ROAD, LONDON, SE6 3JN
Received 23 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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