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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.
3,089 approved · 584 refused · 67 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23 GELLATLY ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5TU
Received 16 Dec 2025REAR OF, 33 LOWTHER HILL, LONDON, SE23 1PZ
Received 16 Dec 202517 TRESSILLIAN ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1YE
Received 16 Dec 202523 MERCIA GROVE, LONDON, SE13 6BJ
Received 16 Dec 20258 CLAYHILL CRESCENT, LONDON, SE9 4JB
Received 16 Dec 2025202 KIRKDALE, LONDON, SE26 4NL
Received 16 Dec 202534-40 EASTDOWN PARK, LONDON, SE13 5HS
Received 16 Dec 20251B LAWRIE PARK AVENUE, LONDON, SE26 6HA
Received 16 Dec 202565 BROWNHILL ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2HF
Received 17 Dec 2025109 WINLATON ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 5QA
Received 17 Dec 2025137 CONISBOROUGH CRESCENT, LONDON, SE6 2SQ
Received 17 Dec 20251 CHELSFIELD GARDENS, LONDON, SE26 4DJ
Received 17 Dec 20251 FRANCEMARY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1JR
Received 17 Dec 202556 LONGHILL ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1TY
Received 17 Dec 2025LAND BETWEEN REDBERRY GROVE, ALBION MILLENNIUM GREEN, ALBION VILLAS ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4DA
Received 17 Dec 2025LAND TO THE REAR OF, CHENEY COURT, WALDRAM PARK ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2PL
Received 17 Dec 2025GREEN SPACE AT, 30-36 LOCK CHASE, LONDON, SE3
Received 17 Dec 20252B GLENSDALE ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1UE
Received 17 Dec 2025DEPTFORD FIRE STATION, 186 EVELYN STREET, LONDON, SE8 5DB
Received 17 Dec 202534 RAVENSBOURNE PARK, LONDON, SE6 4RW
Received 18 Dec 202524 BREAKSPEARS ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1UW
Received 18 Dec 2025167 BARING ROAD, LONDON, SE12 0LA
Received 18 Dec 2025STILLNESS JUNIOR SCHOOL, BROCKLEY RISE, LONDON, SE23 1NH
Received 18 Dec 2025BARING PRIMARY SCHOOL, LINCHMERE ROAD, LONDON, SE12 0NB
Received 18 Dec 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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