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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.
3,088 approved · 584 refused · 67 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
21 KNOWLES HILL CRESCENT, LONDON, SE13 6DT
Received 12 Dec 2025MCDONALDS RESTAURANT UNIT 3, THE ISLAND SITE, PLASSY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2DE
Received 12 Dec 202594 CALLANDER ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2QE
Received 12 Dec 202562 BELMONT HILL, LONDON, SE13 5DN
Received 12 Dec 202533 TATNELL ROAD, LONDON, SE23 1JX
Received 12 Dec 2025LAND ADJOINING 25, FORDYCE ROAD, LONDON, SE13
Received 12 Dec 2025NELSON HALL, DARTMOUTH PLACE, LONDON, SE23 3HS
Received 12 Dec 2025FLAT 2, 150 STANSTEAD ROAD, LONDON, SE23 1BX
Received 15 Dec 2025143 HAZELBANK ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1LT
Received 15 Dec 202564 PEPYS ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5SD
Received 15 Dec 20256 ASHDALE ROAD, LONDON, SE12 9ND
Received 15 Dec 2025111 BROMLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2NZ
Received 12 Dec 2025EXCALIBUR ESTATE REGENERATION AREA, BAUDWIN ROAD, LONDON, SE6
Received 15 Dec 202513 HASSOCKS CLOSE, LONDON, SE26 4BS
Received 15 Dec 202531 GELLATLY ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5TU
Received 15 Dec 2025156 SPRINGBANK ROAD, LONDON, SE13 6SU
Received 15 Dec 2025156 SPRINGBANK ROAD, LONDON, SE13 6SU
Received 15 Dec 202581 SYDENHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE26 5UA
Received 15 Dec 202594C WESTWOOD HILL, LONDON, SE26 6PD
Received 15 Dec 202573 AMERSHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE14 6QQ
Received 15 Dec 2025Telecommunications Mast, Poplar House, WICKHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE4
Received 15 Dec 2025269 NEW CROSS ROAD, LONDON, SE14 6AR
Received 16 Dec 2025164-196 TRUNDLEY'S ROAD AND 1-9 SANFORD STREET, LONDON, SE8 5JE
Received 16 Dec 202530 HORNCASTLE ROAD, LONDON, SE12 9LA
Received 16 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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