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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3,146 approved · 590 refused · 70 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
46 LOAMPIT HILL, LONDON, SE13 7SW
Received 10 Mar 202618 THEODORE ROAD, LONDON, SE13 6HT
Received 10 Mar 202691 WELLMEADOW ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1HL
Received 10 Mar 2026175 BROWNHILL ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2BQ
Received 10 Mar 202660 BROWNHILL ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2EJ
Received 10 Mar 2026319 BROWNHILL ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1AL
Received 10 Mar 2026355 BROWNHILL ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1AL
Received 10 Mar 2026351 HITHER GREEN LANE, LONDON, SE13 6TJ
Received 10 Mar 202670 BRADGATE ROAD, LONDON, SE6 4TS
Received 10 Mar 2026171 BROADFIELD ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1TJ
Received 10 Mar 20265 BENIN STREET, LONDON, SE13 6UB
Received 10 Mar 2026138-142 MOUNT PLEASANT ROAD & 28 LITTLEWOOD, LONDON, SE13 6SD
Received 10 Mar 202612 SUNNINGHILL ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7SS
Received 10 Mar 202616 ENNERSDALE ROAD, LONDON, SE13 6JD
Received 10 Mar 202675 DAVENPORT ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2AY
Received 10 Mar 202632 ENNERSDALE ROAD, LONDON, SE13 6JD
Received 10 Mar 202627 FARLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2AA
Received 10 Mar 202647 GILMORE ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5AD
Received 10 Mar 202655 GILMORE ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5AB
Received 10 Mar 202659 GILMORE ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5AB
Received 10 Mar 202661 GILMORE ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5AB
Received 10 Mar 202667 GILMORE ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5AB
Received 10 Mar 202679 GILMORE ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5AB
Received 10 Mar 202644-45 DEPTFORD BROADWAY, LONDON, SE8 4PH
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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