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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.
3,136 approved · 589 refused · 70 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Mar 2003 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
29A CHALSEY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1YN
Received 23 Feb 202620 BROCKLEHURST STREET, LONDON, SE14 5QG
Received 24 Feb 20261 GEOFFREY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1NU
Received 24 Feb 2026GARAGES TO THE REAR OF, CREELAND GROVE, LONDON, SE6 4LE
Received 24 Feb 202646 SOUTHBROOK ROAD, LONDON, SE12 8LL
Received 24 Feb 2026139 NEWLANDS PARK, LONDON, SE26 5PP
Received 24 Feb 202697 HONOR OAK PARK, LONDON, SE23 3LB
Received 24 Feb 202671 LEWISHAM WAY, LONDON, SE14 6QD
Received 24 Feb 2026GRASS VERGE OUTSIDE BRITISH WHARF, SURREY CANAL ROAD, JUNCTION OF LANDMANN WAY, SE14
Received 25 Feb 202616 CHILTONIAN INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, MANOR LANE, LONDON, SE12 0TX
Received 25 Feb 202640 ROMNEY CLOSE, LONDON, SE14 5JH
Received 25 Feb 202640 ROMNEY CLOSE, LONDON, SE14 5JH
Received 25 Feb 20263 ELIOT PLACE, LONDON, SE3 0QL
Received 16 Feb 20263 ELIOT PLACE, LONDON, SE3 0QL
Received 16 Jan 2026THE CARRIAGEWAY ADJACENT TO, 529-531 BROMLEY ROAD, LONDON, BR1 4PG
Received 25 Feb 2026184 NEW CROSS ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5AA
Received 25 Feb 2026184 NEW CROSS ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5AA
Received 25 Feb 202621 RAVENSBOURNE PARK CRESCENT, LONDON, SE6 4YJ
Received 25 Feb 202691 WOOLSTONE ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2TQ
Received 25 Feb 202691 GRANGEMILL ROAD, LONDON, SE6 3LA
Received 25 Feb 2026309 SYDENHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE26 5EW
Received 25 Feb 202656 CRANFIELD ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1UG
Received 25 Feb 202614 OTTERDEN STREET, LONDON, SE6 3SJ
Received 26 Feb 2026GRASS VERGE, SANFORD STREET, JUNCTION OF COLD BLOW LANE LONDON, SE14 6JY
Received 25 Feb 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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