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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.
3,205 approved · 602 refused · 70 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
THOMAS LANE CARPARK, THOMAS' LANE, LONDON
Received 9 Jul 2026118 PERRY VALE, LONDON, SE23 2LQ
Received 13 Jul 202634 SYDENHAM HILL, LONDON, SE26 6LS
Received 10 Jul 202648 SOUTHBROOK ROAD, LONDON, SE12 8LL
Received 3 Jul 202683 ARBUTHNOT ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5NP
Received 14 Jul 202683 ARBUTHNOT ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5NP
Received 14 Jul 2026100 WOODBANK ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 5HH
Received 9 Jul 2026CATFORD ISLAND RETAIL PARK, Catford Island Site, PLASSY ROAD, LONDON, 156769
Received 10 Jul 2026191 MOORSIDE ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 5ES
Received 10 Jul 202610-14 MERCY TERRACE, LONDON, SE13 7UX
Received 10 Jul 2026389 BROCKLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2PH
Received 14 Jul 202687 GUIBAL ROAD, LONDON, SE12 9HF
Received 10 Jul 2026191 MOORSIDE ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 5ES
Received 10 Jul 2026111 SYDENHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE26 5UA
Received 13 Jul 2026THE BROADWAY THEATRE, BOROUGH WIDE, LONDON, SE6 4RU
Received 7 Jul 20264 LOAMPIT HILL, LONDON, SE13 7SW
Received 7 Jul 20261-3 ASHBY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1PR
Received 14 Jul 2026LAND AT THE FORMER BELL GREEN GAS WORKS, BELL GREEN, LONDON, SE23 2QT
Received 15 Jul 202687 BRAMDEAN CRESCENT, LONDON, SE12 0UJ
Received 10 Jul 2026104 OLDSTEAD ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 5RJ
Received 13 Jul 2026119 HITHER GREEN LANE, LONDON, SE13 6QF
Received 15 Jul 202633 WATLINGTON GROVE, LONDON, SE26 5RR
Received 13 Jul 202618 OLDSTEAD ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 5RW
Received 13 Jul 2026140 LONGHILL ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1UA
Received 13 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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