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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.
3,079 approved · 584 refused · 67 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
25-27 TRANQUIL VALE, LONDON, SE3 0BU
Received 3 Dec 2025DELAMARE COURT, 246 BROMLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2SY
Received 3 Dec 202548 TORRIDON ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1AQ
Received 3 Dec 202568-70 CROSSFIELD STREET, LONDON, SE8 3PH
Received 3 Dec 202541-43 BEADNELL ROAD, LONDON, SE23 1AA
Received 3 Dec 202580 ERLANGER ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5TH
Received 3 Dec 2025139-141 LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE13 6AA
Received 3 Dec 20259 CASELLA ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5QN
Received 4 Dec 20255 WELLMEADOW ROAD, LONDON, SE13 6SY
Received 4 Dec 2025114 MANOR AVENUE, LONDON, SE4 1TE
Received 4 Dec 20251-3 ASHBY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1PR
Received 4 Dec 202591 GLENFARG ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1XW
Received 4 Dec 202589 LAUNCELOT ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 5DY
Received 4 Dec 202585 BROCKLEY GROVE, LONDON, SE4 1DZ
Received 4 Dec 2025173 WELLMEADOW ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1HR
Received 5 Dec 2025LAND AT SILK CLOSE, REAR OF, 53 LEYLAND ROAD, LONDON, SE12
Received 5 Dec 202579 INCHMERY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2NB
Received 5 Dec 2025289 LEWISHAM WAY, LONDON, SE4 1XF
Received 5 Dec 202514 OTTERDEN STREET, LONDON, SE6 3SJ
Received 5 Dec 202582 LOCK CHASE, LONDON, SE3 9HA
Received 8 Dec 2025ADJACENT 5, CODRINGTON HILL, LONDON, SE23 1LR
Received 8 Dec 20252 KINGSAND ROAD, LONDON, SE12 0LE
Received 8 Dec 2025LAND AT THE REAR OF 46 NEWLANDS PARK, LONDON, SE26 5NE
Received 8 Dec 202569 INCHMERY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2NB
Received 8 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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