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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.
3,142 approved · 589 refused · 70 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Mar 2003 to 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11 PHOEBETH ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1JP
Received 27 Feb 2026105 CROFTON PARK ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1AJ
Received 27 Feb 202673 BROMLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2UF
Received 27 Feb 202612 PRINCETHORPE ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4PF
Received 27 Feb 2026367 QUEENS ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5HD
Received 27 Feb 2026140 FORDEL ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1XR
Received 27 Feb 202629 ST FILLANS ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1DQ
Received 27 Feb 202667 ST MILDREDS ROAD, LONDON, SE12 0RE
Received 27 Feb 202612 KITTO ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5TW
Received 27 Feb 20266 PANMURE ROAD, LONDON, SE26 6NA
Received 2 Mar 202686 DOGGETT ROAD, LONDON, SE6 4QA
Received 2 Mar 202622 SHORNDEAN STREET, LONDON, SE6 2ES
Received 2 Mar 202681 ERLANGER ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5TQ
Received 2 Mar 20266 DRAKE ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1QH
Received 2 Mar 20261A PERRY RISE, LONDON, SE23 2QX
Received 2 Mar 2026115A TRESSILLIAN ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1XZ
Received 2 Mar 202692A GELLATLY ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5TT
Received 2 Mar 2026148A DEVONSHIRE ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3SZ
Received 2 Mar 202612 HORSMONDEN ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1RG
Received 2 Mar 20261 TALBOT PLACE, LONDON, SE3 0TZ
Received 2 Mar 2026UNIT 1-3, BLACKHORSE BUSINESS PARK, BLACKHORSE ROAD, LONDON, SE8 5HY
Received 2 Mar 2026(FORMER) LADYWELL LEISURE CENTRE, 261 LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE13 6NJ
Received 2 Mar 202634-40 EASTDOWN PARK, LONDON, SE13 5HS
Received 2 Mar 2026186 KIRKDALE, LONDON, SE26 4NL
Received 2 Mar 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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