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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3,167 approved · 593 refused · 70 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
26 PRIESTFIELD ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2RS
Received 24 Apr 2026JUNO WAY INDUSTRIAL ESTATE AND, ELIZABETH TRADING ESTATE, JUNO WAY, LONDON, SE14 5RW
Received 24 Apr 2026THE HORNIMAN MUSEUM & GARDENS, 100 LONDON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3PQ
Received 24 Apr 202619 SOUTH ROW, LONDON, SE3 0RY
Received 24 Apr 202621 LOCK CHASE, LONDON, SE3 9HB
Received 24 Apr 20264 HONOR OAK ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3SF
Received 24 Apr 202652 DEPTFORD BROADWAY, LONDON, SE8 4PH
Received 24 Apr 202695 SANDHURST ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1UR
Received 24 Apr 2026116 DURHAM HILL, BROMLEY, BR1 5NE
Received 24 Apr 2026157 GLENFARG ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1XW
Received 24 Apr 20262 GAYNESFORD ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2UQ
Received 24 Apr 202666 ERLANGER ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5TH
Received 27 Apr 202665 THORPEWOOD AVENUE, LONDON, SE26 4BY
Received 27 Apr 202629 BOUSFIELD ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5TP
Received 27 Apr 202623 MONTACUTE ROAD, LONDON, SE6 4XL
Received 27 Apr 202655 THORPEWOOD AVENUE, LONDON, SE26 4BY
Received 27 Apr 2026FLAT 2, 9 WALDENSHAW ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3XP
Received 27 Apr 2026VALE LODGE, PERRY VALE, LONDON, SE23 2LG
Received 27 Apr 2026LAND TO THE REAR OF VALE LODGE, PERRY VALE, LONDON, SE23 2LG
Received 27 Apr 2026LAND TO THE REAR OF VALE LODGE, PERRY VALE, LONDON, SE23 2LG
Received 27 Apr 2026GARAGES AT, WINDFIELD CLOSE, LONDON, SE26 4PQ
Received 27 Apr 2026164-196 TRUNDLEY'S ROAD AND 1-9 SANFORD STREET, LONDON, SE8 5JE
Received 27 Apr 202626 MARSALA ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7AD
Received 27 Apr 202635 LADYWELL ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7UT
Received 27 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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