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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.
3,175 approved · 596 refused · 70 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
BANNATYNES, 35 MARVELS LANE, LONDON, SE12 9PN
Received 19 May 2026HOMEWALK HOUSE, JEWS WALK, LONDON, SE26 4NN
Received 19 May 2026HOMEWALK HOUSE, JEWS WALK, LONDON, SE26 4NN
Received 19 May 20269 MOREMEAD ROAD, LONDON, SE6 3LP
Received 19 May 2026179 BROCKLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2RS
Received 19 May 202658 BRIGHTSIDE ROAD, LONDON, SE13 6EW
Received 19 May 202618 HORSMONDEN ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1RG
Received 19 May 202618 BOUSFIELD ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5TR
Received 19 May 2026FLAT 1, 4 LEWISHAM HILL, LONDON, SE13 7EJ
Received 20 May 202657 KIRKDALE, LONDON, SE26 4BL
Received 20 May 202643 MANOR AVENUE, LONDON, SE4 1PE
Received 20 May 20261-5 FURTHER GREEN ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1JU
Received 19 May 202652 LONDON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3HF
Received 19 May 20267 WATERBANK ROAD, LONDON, SE6 3DJ
Received 20 May 2026LEWISHAM OPEN MARKET, LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE13
Received 20 May 202622 DERBY HILL CRESCENT, LONDON, SE23 3YL
Received 20 May 2026LAND TO THE REAR OF, 40 BROWNHILL ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2EJ
Received 20 May 20262A GAYNESFORD ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2UQ
Received 20 May 202655 KITTO ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5TN
Received 20 May 2026172 SOUTHEND LANE, LONDON, SE6 3DP
Received 20 May 2026BLOCK 47-69 DUNCOMBE HILL, LONDON, SE23 1QY
Received 21 May 2026275 MARVELS LANE, LONDON, SE12 9PT
Received 20 May 2026185A TORRIDON ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1RG
Received 21 May 2026LEWISHAM OPEN MARKET, LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON
Received 21 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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