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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3,160 approved · 591 refused · 70 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
28 BLACKHEATH VILLAGE, LONDON, SE3 9SY
Received 14 Apr 202626 HADDINGTON ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 5RH
Received 14 Apr 2026WATERGATE SCHOOL, LUSHINGTON ROAD, LONDON, SE6 3RJ
Received 14 Apr 202642 SILVERMERE ROAD, LONDON, SE6 4QS
Received 14 Apr 20261 VICARS HILL, LONDON, SE13 7JB
Received 14 Apr 202614 ROYAL PARADE, LONDON, SE3 0TL
Received 14 Apr 2026FLAT 5, MILNER HOUSE, 2 TAYMOUNT RISE, LONDON, SE23 3UU
Received 14 Apr 2026119 ARDGOWAN ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1UY
Received 14 Apr 2026BUILDINGS AT THE REAR OF 127-129 STANSTEAD ROAD, LONDON, SE23 1JF
Received 14 Apr 202639 VESTA ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2NJ
Received 14 Apr 2026130 TANNERS HILL, LONDON, SE8 4QD
Received 14 Apr 202629 OTTERDEN STREET, LONDON, SE6 3SL
Received 15 Apr 20267 HEREFORD GARDENS, LONGHURST ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5LU
Received 15 Apr 202626-28 LONDON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3HF
Received 15 Apr 202648 MALPAS ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1BS
Received 15 Apr 2026FLAT C, 136 TRESSILLIAN ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1XX
Received 15 Apr 202679 CANADIAN AVENUE, LONDON, SE6 3AX
Received 15 Apr 2026178 NEW CROSS ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5AA
Received 14 Apr 2026FLAT 1, 37 KNIGHTON PARK ROAD, LONDON, SE26 5RJ
Received 15 Apr 2026LOWER FLAT, 258 LEAHURST ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5LT
Received 16 Apr 202635 ETTA STREET, LONDON, SE8 5NR
Received 15 Apr 202630 GARLIES ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2RT
Received 15 Apr 2026UNIT 2, 9 BROCKLEY CROSS, LONDON, SE4 2AB
Received 15 Apr 2026ST JOHNS RAILWAY STATION, ST JOHNS VALE, LONDON, SE8 4EW
Received 16 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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