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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.
3,159 approved · 591 refused · 70 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
88 TAUNTON ROAD, LONDON, SE12 8PB
Received 30 Mar 202610 HANDEN ROAD, LONDON, SE12 8NP
Received 30 Mar 202639 BAMFORD ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 5QP
Received 31 Mar 202614 SUNNINGHILL ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7SS
Received 31 Mar 2026LAND TO REAR OF,214- 216 FIRHILL ROAD, LONDON, SE6 3LL
Received 31 Mar 2026125 BURNT ASH ROAD, LONDON, SE12 8RA
Received 31 Mar 202625 CHURCH RISE, LONDON, SE23 2UD
Received 31 Mar 202635 ETTA STREET, LONDON, SE8 5NR
Received 31 Mar 2026BELMONT HALL COURT, BELMONT GROVE, LONDON, SE13 5DU
Received 31 Mar 2026446 NEW CROSS ROAD, LONDON, SE14 6TY
Received 31 Mar 2026HOMEBASE, 10 BECKENHAM HILL ROAD, BROMLEY, SE6 3NU
Received 31 Mar 2026HOMEBASE, 10 BECKENHAM HILL ROAD, BROMLEY, SE6 3NU
Received 31 Mar 202630 WOODCOMBE CRESCENT, LONDON, SE23 3BG
Received 31 Mar 2026157 GLENFARG ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1XW
Received 31 Mar 202617 EFFINGHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE12 8NZ
Received 31 Mar 2026157 GLENFARG ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1XW
Received 31 Mar 2026104 MILBOROUGH CRESCENT, LONDON, SE12 0RW
Received 1 Apr 2026LAND EAST OF, 14 CHILTHORNE CLOSE, LONDON, SE6 4YW
Received 1 Apr 2026LAND EAST OF, 14 CHILTHORNE CLOSE, LONDON, SE6 4YW
Received 1 Apr 2026LAND ADJACENT TO JOHN BAIRD COURT, SILVERDALE, LONDON
Received 1 Apr 202665 GOSTERWOOD STREET, LONDON, SE8 5NZ
Received 1 Apr 202614 HAREFIELD ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1LR
Received 1 Apr 2026136 WALLER ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5LU
Received 1 Apr 202696 KEEDONWOOD ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 4QN
Received 1 Apr 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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