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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3,146 approved · 590 refused · 70 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
154A ALBYN ROAD, LONDON, SE8 4JQ
Received 6 Mar 2026LAND AND GARAGES BETWEEN 45 AND 47 ALDERSGROVE AVENUE &, 45-47 ALDERSGROVE AVENUE, LONDON, SE9 4PH
Received 6 Mar 2026THE HORNIMAN MUSEUM & GARDENS, 100 LONDON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3PQ
Received 6 Mar 20263 ELIOT VALE, LONDON, SE3 0UU
Received 6 Mar 202628 ST MARGARET'S ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1YU
Received 9 Mar 2026101-105 RUSHEY GREEN, LONDON, SE6 4AF
Received 9 Mar 202650 DERBY HILL, LONDON, SE23 3YD
Received 9 Mar 202650 DERBY HILL, LONDON, SE23 3YD
Received 9 Mar 202626 HOMECROFT ROAD, LONDON, SE26 5QG
Received 9 Mar 20261 WHITE POST STREET, LONDON, SE15 1DR
Received 9 Mar 202665 NEWQUAY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2NW
Received 9 Mar 2026LAND ADJOINING PHOENIX WORKS, BIRD-IN-HAND PASSAGE, LONDON, SE23 3HW
Received 9 Mar 2026FLAT 1, 2 ELIOT HILL, LONDON, SE13 7EB
Received 6 Mar 202614 BROMLEY HILL, BROMLEY, BR1 4JX
Received 9 Mar 2026ROOF LEVEL C896, 110-208 KENDER STREET, LONDON, SE14 5JQ
Received 9 Mar 202626 WOODYATES ROAD, LONDON, SE12 9JD
Received 9 Mar 202635 LUTWYCHE ROAD, LONDON, SE6
Received 9 Mar 20267 MONTPELIER ROW, LONDON, SE3 0RL
Received 9 Mar 2026168 MALPAS ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1DH
Received 9 Mar 20268 FLORENCE ROAD, LONDON, SE14 6TW
Received 10 Mar 202671 BROWNHILL ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2HF
Received 10 Mar 202612 FORDYCE ROAD, LONDON, SE13 6RH
Received 10 Mar 202654 MOUNT PLEASANT ROAD, LONDON, SE13 6RQ
Received 10 Mar 2026277 HITHER GREEN LANE, LONDON, SE13 6TH
Received 10 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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