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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.
3,082 approved · 584 refused · 67 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
56 BELMONT PARK, LONDON, SE13 5BN
Received 8 Dec 202538 BROCKMAN RISE, BROMLEY, BR1 5RB
Received 8 Dec 202552 DATCHET ROAD, LONDON, SE6 4BY
Received 8 Dec 202556 VESTA ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2NH
Received 8 Dec 2025FIRST FLOOR FLAT, 247 LEWISHAM WAY, LONDON, SE4 1XF
Received 8 Dec 2025ADVERTISING RIGHT BETWEEN BROMLEY ROAD AND SANGLEY, BROMLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2DT
Received 8 Dec 2025254 LEE HIGH ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5PL
Received 8 Dec 2025110 COURTHILL ROAD, LONDON, SE13 6HA
Received 5 Dec 202524 CREEKSIDE, LONDON, SE8 3DZ
Received 5 Dec 2025SECOND FLOOR AND THIRD FLOOR FLAT, 247 LEWISHAM WAY, LONDON, SE4 1XF
Received 8 Dec 2025PARK HALL, SYDENHAM PARK, LONDON, SE26 4EE
Received 8 Dec 202524 LEWISHAM PARK, LONDON, SE13 6QZ
Received 9 Dec 2025CORONERS COURT, LADYWELL ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7UW
Received 9 Dec 20253 HANDEN ROAD, LONDON, SE12 8NP
Received 9 Dec 20257 ASHDALE ROAD, LONDON, SE12 9ND
Received 9 Dec 20257 ASHDALE ROAD, LONDON, SE12 9ND
Received 9 Dec 2025203 SOUTHEND LANE, LONDON, SE6 3RR
Received 9 Dec 20251-68 KEMSLEY, LEWISHAM PARK, LONDON, SE13 6QW
Received 9 Dec 2025164-196 TRUNDLEY'S ROAD AND 1-9 SANFORD STREET, LONDON, SE8 5JE
Received 9 Dec 202511 OAKCROFT ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7ED
Received 9 Dec 20252 HONOR OAK PARK, LONDON, SE23 1DY
Received 9 Dec 202568-70 BOVILL ROAD, LONDON, SE23 1EJ
Received 10 Dec 2025LAND ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF, 40 WOODYATES ROAD, LONDON
Received 10 Dec 2025111 SYDENHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE26 5UA
Received 10 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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