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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.
3,148 approved · 590 refused · 70 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 HEREFORD GARDENS, LONGHURST ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5LU
Received 13 Mar 202667 BOUSFIELD ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5TP
Received 13 Mar 2026PART GROUND FLOOR AND FIRST FLOOR, 116-118 RUSHEY GREEN, LONDON, SE6 4HW
Received 13 Mar 2026THE BELL HOUSE, CAMDEN ROW, LONDON, SE3 0QA
Received 13 Mar 2026LAND TO THE REAR OF 37 FARMSTEAD ROAD, LONDON, SE6 3EE
Received 16 Mar 2026169 ST ASAPH ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2DY
Received 16 Mar 202671 UPPER BROCKLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1TF
Received 16 Mar 202614 ROYAL PARADE, LONDON, SE3 0TL
Received 16 Mar 202613C HAVELOCK WALK, LONDON, SE23 3HG
Received 16 Mar 202666 BUCKTHORNE ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2DG
Received 16 Mar 20263A DOGGETT ROAD, LONDON, SE6 4PZ
Received 13 Mar 202662 BELMONT HILL, LONDON, SE13 5DN
Received 13 Mar 2026CROWN AND NEW BALTIC, PARK AND BRIDGE AND VICTORIA WHARVES, BOUNDED BY GROVE STREET, DRAGOON STREET AND EVELYN STREET, OXESTALLS ROAD, LONDON, SE8
Received 16 Mar 2026REAR OF 2-6, DEVONSHIRE ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3TJ
Received 16 Mar 202655 COTTON HILL, BROMLEY, BR1 5RT
Received 16 Mar 20261-9 EVELYN STREET, LONDON, SE8 5RQ
Received 16 Mar 202690 LONGHURST ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5LZ
Received 17 Mar 2026GAOLHOUSE COURT, 114-116 AMERSHAM VALE, LONDON, SE14 6LJ
Received 17 Mar 202613 BOURNESIDE GARDENS, LONDON, SE6 3NT
Received 17 Mar 202652 CONINGTON ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7LH
Received 17 Mar 2026BECKENHAM PLACE PARK GOLF COURSE, BECKENHAM PLACE PARK, BECKENHAM
Received 16 Mar 202615 ELIOT VALE, LONDON, SE3 0UW
Received 17 Mar 2026262 DACRE PARK, LONDON, SE13 5DD
Received 17 Mar 2026262 DACRE PARK, LONDON, SE13 5DD
Received 17 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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