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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.
3,151 approved · 591 refused · 70 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
164-196 TRUNDLEY'S ROAD AND 1-9 SANFORD STREET, LONDON, SE8 5JE
Received 18 Mar 2026DROVERS COURT, KING'S HALL MEWS, LONDON, SE13 5JQ
Received 20 Mar 202662 BREAKSPEARS ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1TS
Received 20 Mar 2026CHURCHLEY VILLAS, WELLS PARK ROAD, LONDON, SE26 6JQ
Received 20 Mar 2026BLACKHEATH HOSPITAL - OUTPATIENTS CENTRE, WINCHESTER HOUSE, INDEPENDENTS ROAD, LONDON, SE3 9LF
Received 20 Mar 202686 MANOR LANE, LONDON, SE13 5QP
Received 20 Mar 202659 CULVERLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2LD
Received 20 Mar 202611C BLYTHE HILL, LONDON, SE6 4UL
Received 20 Mar 202693 GRANGEMILL ROAD, LONDON, SE6 3LA
Received 23 Mar 2026481 NEW CROSS ROAD, LONDON, SE14 6TA
Received 13 Mar 2026WATERBURY HOUSE, 48-50 THURSTON ROAD, LONDON, SE13
Received 18 Mar 20262 ELIOT HILL, LONDON, SE13 7EB
Received 23 Mar 2026249A KIRKDALE, LONDON, SE26 4QD
Received 20 Mar 202695 GRANGEMILL ROAD, LONDON, SE6 3LA
Received 23 Mar 202620 GRANVILLE PARK, LONDON, SE13 7EA
Received 23 Mar 20266 ALGIERS ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7JE
Received 23 Mar 202651 HIGHCLERE STREET, LONDON, SE26 4EX
Received 23 Mar 202610 BRANSCOMBE STREET, LONDON, SE13 7AY
Received 23 Mar 202614B SYDENHAM PARK, LONDON, SE26 4EQ
Received 23 Mar 202611 BROCKLEY HALL ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1RH
Received 23 Mar 2026FLAT 2, 5 DARTMOUTH TERRACE, LONDON, SE10 8AX
Received 23 Mar 20269 BEDIVERE ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 5LJ
Received 23 Mar 2026LAND BETWEEN, 15-17 ALDERSGROVE AVENUE, LONDON, SE6
Received 23 Mar 2026215 WALLER ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5LX
Received 23 Mar 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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