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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.
3,137 approved · 589 refused · 70 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEWISHAM, LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE13 6LH
Received 25 Feb 2026217 LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE13 6LY
Received 25 Feb 202619-21 DUNFIELD ROAD, LONDON, SE6 3RW
Received 25 Feb 2026TIDEMILL PRIMARY SCHOOL, FRANKHAM STREET, LONDON, SE8 4RN
Received 26 Feb 20264 BOURNVILLE ROAD, LONDON, SE6 4RN
Received 25 Feb 202611 TRISTAN SQUARE, LONDON, SE3 9UB
Received 25 Feb 2026(FORMER) LADYWELL LEISURE CENTRE, 261 LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE13 6NJ
Received 25 Feb 2026(FORMER) LADYWELL LEISURE CENTRE, 261 LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE13 6NJ
Received 25 Feb 20264 BROWNHILL ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2EJ
Received 26 Feb 202624A THORNSBEACH ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1DX
Received 26 Feb 202639 HEATHER ROAD, LONDON, SE12 0UG
Received 26 Feb 2026REAR OF 108, MANOR AVENUE, LONDON
Received 26 Feb 2026MAYFIELDS HOSTEL, 47 BURNT ASH HILL, LONDON, SE12 0AE
Received 26 Feb 2026129 LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE13 6AQ
Received 26 Feb 2026164-166 RUSHEY GREEN, LONDON, SE6 4HQ
Received 26 Feb 2026KINGSWOOD, 1 SYDENHAM PARK ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4DY
Received 26 Feb 202617 ARBUTHNOT ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5LS
Received 26 Feb 202627 DUNCOMBE HILL, LONDON, SE23 1QY
Received 26 Feb 2026LAND TO THE REAR OF, 97 UPPER BROCKLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1TF
Received 26 Feb 202667A GRANVILLE PARK, LONDON, SE13 7DW
Received 26 Feb 202667 BIRKHALL ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1TF
Received 27 Feb 20261-1A DAVENPORT ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2AY
Received 26 Feb 202640 PEAK HILL, LONDON, SE26 4LR
Received 26 Feb 202629 OTTERDEN STREET, LONDON, SE6 3SL
Received 27 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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