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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.
3,160 approved · 591 refused · 70 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
143 HAZELBANK ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1LT
Received 1 Apr 20267 MICHELDEVER ROAD, LONDON, SE12 8LX
Received 1 Apr 202654-92 KNOWLES HILL CRESCENT, LONDON, SE13
Received 2 Apr 202619 TANNSFELD ROAD, LONDON, SE26 5DQ
Received 2 Apr 202690 LEE ROAD, LONDON, SE3 9DE
Received 2 Apr 202614 CASTLETON ROAD, LONDON, SE9 4BX
Received 2 Apr 202642 BRANDRAM ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5RT
Received 2 Apr 2026406 BARING ROAD, LONDON, SE12 0EF
Received 2 Apr 2026LAND TO THE WEST OF, 100-108 GRIERSON ROAD, LONDON, SE4
Received 2 Apr 2026156 ERLANGER ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5TJ
Received 3 Apr 2026406 BARING ROAD, LONDON, SE12 0EF
Received 2 Apr 202632 BRIGHTSIDE ROAD, LONDON, SE13 6EW
Received 3 Apr 202612 OAKCROFT ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7ED
Received 3 Apr 2026163 PERRY VALE, LONDON, SE23 2JD
Received 6 Apr 202640 BROADFIELD ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1NE
Received 6 Apr 202640 BROADFIELD ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1NE
Received 6 Apr 2026163 ENGLEHEART ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2EU
Received 7 Apr 2026264 NEW CROSS ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5PL
Received 7 Apr 202652 ARCUS ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 4NW
Received 7 Apr 202630 PENNINGTON WAY, LONDON, SE12 9QB
Received 7 Apr 2026TRESSILLIAN BUILDING, LESOCO COLLEGE, LEWISHAM WAY, LONDON, SE4 1UT
Received 7 Apr 2026138 MANOR LANE, LONDON, SE12 8LR
Received 7 Apr 202618 CANONBIE ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3AP
Received 7 Apr 2026HABERDASHERS ASKES HATCHAM COLLEGE, PEPYS ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5SF
Received 8 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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