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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.
3,168 approved · 593 refused · 70 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
66 SOUTHBROOK ROAD, LONDON, SE12 8LL
Received 1 May 2026158 LEWISHAM WAY, LONDON, SE14 6PD
Received 1 May 202687 ARRAN ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2LS
Received 5 May 2026100 BURNT ASH HILL, LONDON, SE12 0HT
Received 5 May 202631 GILLIAN STREET, LONDON, SE13 7AJ
Received 1 May 202626 MERCHISTON ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1SH
Received 1 May 202621-23 DARTMOUTH ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3HN
Received 1 May 2026SECOND FLOOR FLAT, 7 VENNER ROAD, LONDON, SE26 5EQ
Received 1 May 202681 LONGHURST ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5NA
Received 1 May 202650 LONGHILL ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1TY
Received 1 May 20263 TRESSILLIAN CRESCENT, LONDON, SE4 1QJ
Received 1 May 2026156 MALPAS ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1DH
Received 1 May 2026254 LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE13 6JU
Received 1 May 2026339 BARING ROAD, LONDON, SE12 0DZ
Received 1 May 2026FIRST FLOOR FLAT, 77 QUEENSWOOD ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2QR
Received 1 May 20263 WOODBANK ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 5HA
Received 1 May 20262 KINGSAND ROAD, LONDON, SE12 0LE
Received 4 May 2026UNIT 2 130-132 VERDANT LANE, LONDON, SE6 1LG
Received 4 May 202637B PEPYS ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5SA
Received 4 May 20264 DRAKE ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1QH
Received 4 May 2026119 PEPYS ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5SE
Received 4 May 202623A LEE TERRACE, LONDON, SE3 9TE
Received 4 May 202615 WALDENSHAW ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3XP
Received 4 May 202685 WINLATON ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 5PU
Received 4 May 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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