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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.
3,077 approved · 584 refused · 67 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
15 ELIOT VALE, LONDON, SE3 0UW
Received 28 Nov 20252 ORCHARD DRIVE, LONDON, SE3 0QP
Received 28 Nov 202585 CANONBIE ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3AQ
Received 1 Dec 202531 CITY WALK APARTMENTS, 31 PERRY VALE, LONDON, SE23 2AR
Received 1 Dec 2025GROUND FLOOR FLAT, 12 CHURCH TERRACE, LONDON, SE13 5BT
Received 1 Dec 2025BURNAGE COURT, LAWRIE PARK AVENUE, LONDON, SE26 6HS
Received 1 Dec 2025THE OLD KNOLL, ELIOT HILL, LONDON, SE13 7EB
Received 1 Dec 202559 ROSEVEARE ROAD, LONDON, SE12 9RX
Received 1 Dec 202548 DE FRENE ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4AG
Received 1 Dec 202559 ROSEVEARE ROAD, LONDON, SE12 9RX
Received 1 Dec 2025114 SYDENHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE26 5JX
Received 1 Dec 202527 BROOKBANK ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7BT
Received 1 Dec 2025LAND & GARAGES AT, ALDERSGROVE AVENUE, LONDON, SE9
Received 1 Dec 20258 CLAYHILL CRESCENT, LONDON, SE9 4JB
Received 1 Dec 202568-70 BOVILL ROAD, LONDON, SE23 1EJ
Received 2 Dec 2025HOSFORD HOUSE, DEVONSHIRE ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3SU
Received 2 Dec 2025119 COMO ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2JN
Received 2 Dec 202578 HONOR OAK ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3RR
Received 2 Dec 2025272 BROCKLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2SF
Received 2 Dec 2025213A WALLER ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5LX
Received 3 Dec 2025215 MANWOOD ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1SF
Received 3 Dec 202538 WALLER ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5LA
Received 3 Dec 202514 FARMCOTE ROAD, LONDON, SE12 0HZ
Received 3 Dec 202525-27 TRANQUIL VALE, LONDON, SE3 0BU
Received 3 Dec 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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