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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3,160 approved · 591 refused · 70 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
92 CRANSTON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2EY
Received 13 Apr 202654 BECKENHAM HILL ROAD, BROMLEY, SE6 3NX
Received 13 Apr 2026BREAKSPEARS BUILDING, LEWISHAM COLLEGE, BREAKSPEARS ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1UT
Received 10 Apr 2026180 STANSTEAD ROAD, LONDON, SE23 1DA
Received 13 Apr 202670 CRANTOCK ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2QP
Received 13 Apr 202670 CRANTOCK ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2QP
Received 13 Apr 202615A CODRINGTON HILL, LONDON, SE23 1LR
Received 13 Apr 202684 BREAKSPEARS ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1TS
Received 13 Apr 2026ANNEX AT LYDIA HOUSE, DARTMOUTH GROVE, LONDON, SE10 8AR
Received 13 Apr 202644-46 CANADIAN AVENUE, LONDON, SE6 3AS
Received 13 Apr 202676 TYRWHITT ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1QB
Received 13 Apr 2026147-149 SPRINGBANK ROAD, LONDON, SE13 6ST
Received 14 Apr 20267 MORLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE13 6DQ
Received 14 Apr 202632 SANDROCK ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7TR
Received 14 Apr 202664 SANGLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2JP
Received 14 Apr 202661 OVERCLIFF ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7UB
Received 14 Apr 202689 PEPYS ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5SE
Received 14 Apr 202617 RAVENSBOURNE ROAD, LONDON, SE6 4UU
Received 14 Apr 2026A-E RAGGETT HOUSE, 27A ELDERTON ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4EY
Received 13 Apr 2026THE HORNIMAN MUSEUM & GARDENS, 100 LONDON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3PQ
Received 13 Apr 2026FLATS 1-4, PARK MANSIONS, SYDENHAM PARK, LONDON, SE26 4DN
Received 13 Apr 2026TYLER HOUSE, WAT TYLER ROAD, LONDON, SE3 0QZ
Received 14 Apr 202645 UPWOOD ROAD, LONDON, SE12 8AE
Received 14 Apr 2026SYDENHAM HIGH JUNIOR SCHOOL, 15 WESTWOOD HILL, LONDON, SE26 6BL
Received 14 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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