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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.
3,195 approved · 599 refused · 70 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
37 MANOR PARK, LONDON, SE13 5QZ
Received 22 Jun 202650 MANOR PARK, LONDON, SE13 5RL
Received 22 Jun 20266-7-8, ST STEPHENS GROVE, LONDON, SE13 5AJ
Received 22 Jun 202614 BEACON ROAD, LONDON, SE13 6EH
Received 22 Jun 20263 ST SWITHUNS ROAD, LONDON, SE13 6RW
Received 22 Jun 202615 MANOR PARK, LONDON, SE13 5QZ
Received 22 Jun 2026125 BROCKLEY RISE, LONDON, SE23 1JP
Received 22 Jun 2026THE BRICK STORE, SPRING HILL, LONDON, SE26 4LD
Received 22 Jun 2026151 UPPER BROCKLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1TF
Received 22 Jun 202668 FIRHILL ROAD, LONDON, SE6 3SA
Received 23 Jun 202630 DEPTFORD HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE8 4AF
Received 23 Jun 202621-57 WILLOW WAY, LONDON, SE26 4QP
Received 24 Jun 20267 BELMONT PARK, LONDON, SE13 5BJ
Received 23 Jun 202615 PERRY RISE, LONDON, SE23 2QX
Received 23 Jun 202646 WOOLSTONE ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2SG
Received 23 Jun 2026BROOK COURT, CHINBROOK ROAD, LONDON, SE12 9TY
Received 23 Jun 2026BROOK COURT, CHINBROOK ROAD, LONDON, SE12 9TY
Received 23 Jun 2026HABERDASHERS ASKES, TEMPLE GROVE FREE SCHOOL, PEPYS ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5SF
Received 23 Jun 2026HABERDASHERS ASKES, TEMPLE GROVE FREE SCHOOL, PEPYS ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5SF
Received 23 Jun 20262 HAFTON ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1LP
Received 24 Jun 202618 FLORENCE ROAD, LONDON, SE14 6TW
Received 24 Jun 202619 HOLDENBY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2DA
Received 24 Jun 202669 HATCHAM PARK ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5QE
Received 24 Jun 202616 LIPHOOK CRESCENT, LONDON, SE23 3BW
Received 24 Jun 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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