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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.
3,146 approved · 590 refused · 70 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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 DRAKE ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1QH
Received 2 Mar 2026400 BROCKLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2DH
Received 2 Mar 202638 ARRAN ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2NL
Received 2 Mar 202661 JERNINGHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5NH
Received 2 Mar 202663 JERNINGHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5NH
Received 2 Mar 202618 CROFTON PARK ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1AE
Received 2 Mar 202670 OLDSTEAD ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 5RJ
Received 2 Mar 202670 OLDSTEAD ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 5RJ
Received 2 Mar 202648 LUCAS STREET, LONDON, SE8 4QH
Received 3 Mar 202611 BOUSFIELD ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5TP
Received 3 Mar 202643 SYDENHAM PARK, LONDON, SE26 4EE
Received 3 Mar 202654 DEPTFORD BROADWAY, LONDON, SE8 4PH
Received 27 Feb 2026WHITE SWAN, 217 DEPTFORD HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE8 3NT
Received 2 Mar 202664 HONOR OAK PARK, LONDON, SE23 1DY
Received 2 Mar 202661 SYDENHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE26 5HA
Received 3 Mar 2026FLAT 1, 2 RECREATION ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4ST
Received 3 Mar 2026THURSTON ROAD, LONDON
Received 4 Mar 202638 ARRAN ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2NL
Received 3 Mar 202667 ARDFILLAN ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1ST
Received 3 Mar 202614 OAKCROFT ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7ED
Received 3 Mar 2026GARAGES AT, WINDFIELD CLOSE, LONDON, SE26 4PQ
Received 3 Mar 20267 BLACKHEATH RISE, LONDON, SE13 7PN
Received 3 Mar 2026105 SPRINGBANK ROAD, LONDON, SE13 6SS
Received 3 Mar 202637 UPPER BROCKLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1SY
Received 4 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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