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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.
3,167 approved · 593 refused · 70 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11 GRANVILLE PARK, LONDON, SE13 7DY
Received 22 Apr 2026134 INCHMERY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1DF
Received 22 Apr 202688 PEPYS ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5SD
Received 22 Apr 2026100 LEE ROAD, LONDON, SE3 9DE
Received 22 Apr 2026LAND ADJACENT TO, 2 MANOR PARK, LONDON, SE13 5RN
Received 22 Apr 202637 PANMURE ROAD, LONDON, SE26 6NB
Received 22 Apr 202615 DUNDALK ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2JJ
Received 22 Apr 202693-95 LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE13 6BB
Received 23 Apr 202693-95 LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE13 6BB
Received 23 Apr 202635 MICHELDEVER ROAD, LONDON, SE12 8LX
Received 23 Apr 2026ARCHES NUMBERED 60-74 BETWEEN 14 CREEKSIDE THE DISCOVERY CENTRE AND 18-22 CREEKSIDE (COCKPIT ARTS), SE8 4SA
Received 22 Apr 2026ARCHES NUMBERED 60-74 BETWEEN 14 CREEKSIDE THE DISCOVERY CENTRE AND 18-22 CREEKSIDE (COCKPIT ARTS), SE8 4SA
Received 22 Apr 2026112 ALGERNON ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7AW
Received 23 Apr 202619 EDDYSTONE ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2DE
Received 23 Apr 20263 SIENNA PLACE, LESSING STREET, LONDON, SE23 1AZ
Received 23 Apr 20263 SIENNA PLACE, LESSING STREET, LONDON, SE23 1AZ
Received 23 Apr 202658 CLAYHILL CRESCENT, LONDON, SE9 4JB
Received 23 Apr 2026THE ELECTRIC EMPIRE, 182 NEW CROSS ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5AA
Received 24 Apr 202629 ALGIERS ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7JD
Received 24 Apr 202652 CANONBIE ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3AP
Received 22 Apr 202616 HOUSTON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2RN
Received 23 Apr 2026361 BROCKLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2AG
Received 23 Apr 202625 RAVENSBOURNE ROAD, LONDON, SE6 4UU
Received 24 Apr 202623 TRANQUIL VALE, LONDON, SE3 0BU
Received 24 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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