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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3,146 approved · 590 refused · 70 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
HOLLYHEDGE HOUSE, WAT TYLER ROAD, LONDON, SE3 0QZ
Received 4 Mar 202690 GALAHAD ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 5DT
Received 4 Mar 20264D WESTWOOD HILL, LONDON, SE26 6QR
Received 4 Mar 20262A HEATHER ROAD, LONDON, SE12 0UQ
Received 4 Mar 2026254 LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE13 6JU
Received 4 Mar 2026LAND AND GARAGES REAR OF 40, ASHMEAD ROAD, LONDON, SE8
Received 4 Mar 202613 OMMANEY ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5NS
Received 5 Mar 2026STREET RECORD, SPRINGFIELD RISE, LONDON
Received 4 Mar 2026BUCKTHORNE CUTTING NATURE RESERVE, EDDYSTONE ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2DB
Received 5 Mar 202637-39 HONOR OAK PARK, LONDON, SE23 1DZ
Received 4 Mar 2026162 LEWISHAM WAY, LONDON, SE4 1UU
Received 5 Mar 2026NEPTUNE WHARF, GRINSTEAD ROAD, LONDON, SE8 5FE
Received 5 Mar 2026374A & 374B, STANSTEAD ROAD, LONDON, SE6 4XB
Received 5 Mar 2026FLAT A, 93 TYRWHITT ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1QE
Received 5 Mar 20261 OAKCROFT ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7ED
Received 5 Mar 2026LAND TO THE REAR OF, 69-75 LAUSANNE ROAD, LONDON, SE15 2HY
Received 5 Mar 20266 NESBITT CLOSE, LONDON, SE3 0XB
Received 5 Mar 2026152 LEAHURST ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5NL
Received 6 Mar 202611-21 LONDON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3TW
Received 6 Mar 202649 ARDFILLAN ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1ST
Received 6 Mar 20264 ST FILLANS ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1DG
Received 6 Mar 202667 HORNIMAN DRIVE, LONDON, SE23 3BU
Received 6 Mar 2026THE HORNIMAN MUSEUM & GARDENS, 100 LONDON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3PQ
Received 6 Mar 2026154A ALBYN ROAD, LONDON, SE8 4JQ
Received 6 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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