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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.
3,147 approved · 590 refused · 70 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
49 ARDFILLAN ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1ST
Received 12 Mar 2026CROSSWAYS ACADEMY, SPRULES ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2NL
Received 12 Mar 2026POOL COURT, FORDMILL ROAD, LONDON, SE6 3JQ
Received 12 Mar 202642 PARBURY ROAD, LONDON, SE23 1PA
Received 12 Mar 20268B HILLY FIELDS CRESCENT, LONDON, SE4 1QA
Received 12 Mar 20268 HILLY FIELDS CRESCENT, LONDON, SE4 1QA
Received 12 Mar 202611 DRAKE ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1QH
Received 12 Mar 20268 EARLSTHORPE ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4PD
Received 12 Mar 202688 TYRWHITT ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1QB
Received 12 Mar 20268 LONDON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3HF
Received 11 Mar 2026115 BURNT ASH ROAD, LONDON, SE12 8RA
Received 11 Mar 2026LAND AND GARAGES BETWEEN 11 AND 29 EMBLETON ROAD,AND 44 AND 70 ALGERNON ROAD, EMBLETON ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7DH
Received 11 Mar 2026199-201 LEWISHAM WAY, LONDON, SE4 1UY
Received 11 Mar 2026THE HORNIMAN MUSEUM & GARDENS, 100 LONDON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3PQ
Received 12 Mar 202690 VERDANT LANE, LONDON, SE6 1LF
Received 12 Mar 202632 ELVERSON ROAD, LONDON, SE8 4JN
Received 13 Mar 20267 FORESTHOLME CLOSE, TAYMOUNT RISE, LONDON, SE23 3UQ
Received 13 Mar 202654 VESTA ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2NH
Received 13 Mar 202690 WOOD VALE, LONDON, SE23 3ED
Received 13 Mar 202662 BELMONT HILL, LONDON, SE13 5DN
Received 12 Mar 2026235 ALGERNON ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7AG
Received 13 Mar 2026112 HITHER GREEN LANE, LONDON, SE13 6QA
Received 13 Mar 202657 HATCHAM PARK ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5QE
Received 13 Mar 2026150 INCHMERY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1DF
Received 13 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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