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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.
3,153 approved · 591 refused · 70 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Mar 2003 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
40 WICKHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1NZ
Received 24 Mar 202614 SIDDONS ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2JQ
Received 25 Mar 20265 MANOR MOUNT, LONDON, SE23 3PY
Received 25 Mar 202646 PITFOLD ROAD, LONDON, SE12 9HX
Received 25 Mar 202661 TAUNTON ROAD, LONDON, SE12 8PA
Received 24 Mar 20265 YEW TREE CLOSE, LONDON, SE13 7DS
Received 24 Mar 202645 BOUSFIELD ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5TP
Received 25 Mar 202626B LEE ROAD, LONDON, SE3 9RT
Received 25 Mar 202653 LEE TERRACE, LONDON, SE3 9TA
Received 25 Mar 2026LAND AT THE REAR OF, 55 BROSELEY GROVE, LONDON, SE26 5LD
Received 25 Mar 20262 CAMPSHILL ROAD, LONDON, SE13 6QT
Received 25 Mar 2026100 LEAHURST ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5NN
Received 25 Mar 2026166-172 LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE13 6JL
Received 25 Mar 202616 PERRY RISE, LONDON, SE23 2QL
Received 25 Mar 20264 GARSINGTON MEWS, LONDON, SE4 1LL
Received 26 Mar 20263 HAREFIELD MEWS, LONDON, SE4 1LP
Received 26 Mar 202659 ST MILDREDS ROAD, LONDON, SE12 0RE
Received 26 Mar 202675 CODRINGTON HILL, LONDON, SE23 1LR
Received 27 Mar 2026THE DEPTFORD CENTRE, SPEEDWELL STREET, LONDON, SE8 4AT
Received 27 Mar 2026159-161 LEE HIGH ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5PF
Received 27 Mar 2026UNIT B3 & B4, BELL GREEN RETAIL PARK, BELL GREEN, LONDON, SE26 4PR
Received 25 Mar 2026130-132 VERDANT LANE, LONDON, SE6 1LG
Received 27 Mar 202633 SENLAC ROAD, LONDON, SE12 9NB
Received 27 Mar 2026THE HORNIMAN MUSEUM & GARDENS, 100 LONDON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3PQ
Received 27 Mar 2026Records 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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