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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.
3,197 approved · 601 refused · 70 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
137 CONISBOROUGH CRESCENT, LONDON, SE6 2SQ
Received 29 Jun 202659 MICHELDEVER ROAD, LONDON, SE12 8LU
Received 25 Jun 20267 MYLIS CLOSE, LONDON, SE26 6JL
Received 26 Jun 2026179 SANDHURST ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1UR
Received 29 Jun 2026BLACKHEATH JUNIOR SCHOOL, WEMYSS ROAD, LONDON, SE3 0TF
Received 29 Jun 2026FLAT 5, 40 BROMLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2TP
Received 29 Jun 2026CROWN AND NEW BALTIC, PARK AND BRIDGE AND VICTORIA WHARVES, BOUNDED BY GROVE STREET, DRAGOON STREET AND EVELYN STREET, OXESTALLS ROAD, LONDON, SE8
Received 29 Jun 202639 HEATHER ROAD, LONDON, SE12 0UG
Received 29 Jun 20264 VICARS HILL, LONDON, SE13 7JH
Received 29 Jun 2026LAND TO THE SIDE OF 13 SENLAC ROAD AND REAR OF 111-117 GUIBAL ROAD, LONDON, SE12 9NA
Received 30 Jun 202682 COMERFORD ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2AY
Received 30 Jun 20262A BARGERY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2LN
Received 30 Jun 202610 ST STEPHEN'S GROVE, LONDON, SE13 5AJ
Received 30 Jun 202667 CRESSINGHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5AQ
Received 30 Jun 202654 CRESSINGHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5AG
Received 30 Jun 202652 DEPTFORD BROADWAY, LONDON, SE8 4PH
Received 30 Jun 2026112 HITHER GREEN LANE, LONDON, SE13 6QA
Received 30 Jun 202635 STAPLEHURST ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5ND
Received 26 Jun 202610 LUTWYCHE ROAD, LONDON, SE6 4EP
Received 29 Jun 2026137 CULVERLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2JZ
Received 30 Jun 202686 LONDON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3PE
Received 30 Jun 202613 MANOR LANE, LONDON, SE13 5QW
Received 30 Jun 202611 ASHGROVE ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 4JN
Received 1 Jul 2026452-458 NEW CROSS ROAD, LONDON, SE14 6TY
Received 1 Jul 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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