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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3,205 approved · 602 refused · 70 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
40 NEWQUAY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2NS
Received 13 Jul 202626 WOODYATES ROAD, LONDON, SE12 9JD
Received 13 Jul 202621 BROCKLEY PARK, LONDON, SE23 1PT
Received 14 Jul 2026GARDEN FLAT, 71 KITTO ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5TN
Received 14 Jul 2026BASEMENT FLAT, 11 KITTO ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5TW
Received 14 Jul 2026312 LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE13 6JZ
Received 16 Jul 202627 ACKROYD ROAD, LONDON, SE23 1DN
Received 16 Jul 202613 JEWS WALK, LONDON, SE26 6PJ
Received 14 Jul 2026143 FIRHILL ROAD, LONDON, SE6 3SQ
Received 14 Jul 20262 GARSINGTON MEWS, LONDON, SE4 1LL
Received 14 Jul 2026LAND ADJACENT TO, 3 PARK RISE ROAD, LONDON, SE23 1RU
Received 14 Jul 202613A AVON ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1QQ
Received 14 Jul 2026SECOND FLOOR FLAT, 37B DEVONSHIRE ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3EN
Received 14 Jul 20261 VICARS HILL, LONDON, SE13 7JB
Received 15 Jul 20264A VANCOUVER ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2AF
Received 15 Jul 20268 CLEEVE HILL, LONDON, SE23 3DD
Received 15 Jul 2026123 DOWNDERRY ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 5QE
Received 15 Jul 20264 GARSINGTON MEWS, LONDON, SE4 1LL
Received 15 Jul 202619 CHUDLEIGH ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1JX
Received 15 Jul 202649 ROSENTHAL ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2BX
Received 15 Jul 2026120 BROADFIELD ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1TH
Received 15 Jul 20266B WESTWOOD PARK, LONDON, SE23 3QB
Received 15 Jul 2026141C SHARDELOES ROAD, LONDON, SE14 6RT
Received 15 Jul 202630 BROMLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2TP
Received 16 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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