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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.
3,068 approved · 583 refused · 67 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
87 BELMONT HILL, LONDON, SE13 5AX
Received 19 Nov 2025HORNIMAN GARDENS, 100 LONDON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3PQ
Received 19 Nov 2025121 RUSHEY GREEN, LONDON, SE6 4AA
Received 20 Nov 2025425 - 427 COSTCUTTER, BROMLEY ROAD, LONDON, BR1 4PJ
Received 20 Nov 20251 RAY BELL COURT, WICKHAM MEWS, LONDON, SE4 1PS
Received 20 Nov 202534-40 EASTDOWN PARK, LONDON, SE13 5HS
Received 20 Nov 202561A DARTMOUTH ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3HN
Received 20 Nov 202598 ASPINALL ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2EG
Received 20 Nov 2025108-110 RUSHEY GREEN, LONDON, SE6 4HW
Received 20 Nov 2025FLAT 1, 82 LONDON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3PA
Received 20 Nov 2025ST CATHERINES VICARAGE, 102A PEPYS ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5SG
Received 20 Nov 202519A BLACKHEATH GROVE, LONDON, SE3 0DQ
Received 20 Nov 20251 BLESSINGTON CLOSE, LONDON, SE13 5ED
Received 21 Nov 202532 THORNSBEACH ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1EA
Received 21 Nov 202539 ST MARGARET'S ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1YL
Received 21 Nov 2025199 MANWOOD ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1SF
Received 21 Nov 2025199 MANWOOD ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1SF
Received 21 Nov 2025SYDENHAM HILL ESTATE, SYDENHAM HILL, LONDON, SE26
Received 21 Nov 202515 DUKESTHORPE ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4PB
Received 21 Nov 2025165 CHILDERS STREET, LONDON, SE8 5JU
Received 21 Nov 202514 BELMONT PARK, LONDON, SE13 5BJ
Received 21 Nov 202525 VICARS HILL, LONDON, SE13 7JB
Received 21 Nov 2025237 MOORSIDE ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 5EY
Received 21 Nov 202587 PEPYS ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5SE
Received 21 Nov 2025Records 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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