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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3,146 approved · 590 refused · 70 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
WATERGATE SCHOOL, LUSHINGTON ROAD, LONDON, SE6 3RJ
Received 10 Mar 202662 BROADFIELD ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1NG
Received 10 Mar 2026LAND ON THE CORNER OF BRIANT AND, BESSON STREET, LONDON, SE14 5AE
Received 10 Mar 202619 BELLINGHAM TRADING ESTATE, FRANTHORNE WAY, LONDON, SE6 3BX
Received 10 Mar 2026514 DOWNHAM WAY, BROMLEY, BR1 5HP
Received 10 Mar 202679 SHROFFOLD ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 5PD
Received 10 Mar 20264 BRADGATE ROAD, LONDON, SE6 4TS
Received 10 Mar 2026FAIRLAWN PRIMARY SCHOOL ANNEXE, WALDENSHAW ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3XP
Received 10 Mar 202662 WINSFORD ROAD, LONDON, SE6 4LX
Received 10 Mar 2026THE LODGE, ST DUNSTANS COLLEGE, STANSTEAD ROAD, LONDON, SE6 4TY
Received 11 Mar 2026LADYWELL PARK GARDENS, 261 LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE13 6NJ
Received 11 Mar 2026HOMEBASE, 10 BECKENHAM HILL ROAD, BROMLEY, SE6 3NU
Received 11 Mar 2026145 LEAHURST ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5LW
Received 11 Mar 2026145 LEAHURST ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5LW
Received 11 Mar 202641-43 BEADNELL ROAD, LONDON, SE23 1AA
Received 11 Mar 20268 WALDENSHAW ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3XP
Received 11 Mar 202610-12 LONDON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3HF
Received 12 Mar 20263 CALLANDER ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2QA
Received 12 Mar 202673 BROMLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2UF
Received 12 Mar 2026SCHOOL HOUSE, CHRIST THE KING COLLEGE, BELMONT GROVE, LONDON, SE13 5DZ
Received 12 Mar 2026SCHOOL HOUSE, CHRIST THE KING COLLEGE, BELMONT GROVE, LONDON, SE13 5DZ
Received 12 Mar 2026ALLOTMENT GARDENS AT REAR OF, 2-20 ARCUS ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 4NW
Received 12 Mar 202650 ERMINE ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7JR
Received 12 Mar 202679 SELWORTHY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 4DW
Received 12 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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