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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.
3,209 approved · 604 refused · 70 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
FRANKHAM HOUSE, FRANKHAM STREET, LONDON, SE8 4RL
Received 30 Jul 2026CAMDEN HOUSE, GROVE STREET, LONDON, SE8 3LZ
Received 30 Jul 20262-29 ALEXANDRA STREET, LONDON, SE14 6HU
Received 30 Jul 202662 BELMONT HILL, LONDON, SE13 5DN
Received 30 Jul 202614 SOMERSET GARDENS, LONDON, SE13 7SY
Received 30 Jul 202611 CONISTON ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 4JG
Received 31 Jul 202650 ST GERMANS ROAD, LONDON, SE23 1RX
Received 31 Jul 202666 GRANVILLE PARK, LONDON, SE13 7DX
Received 31 Jul 2026LEWISHAM GATEWAY, LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE13
Received 31 Jul 2026LAND AT THE FORMER BELL GREEN GAS WORKS, BELL GREEN, LONDON, SE23 2QT
Received 31 Jul 202679 CANADIAN AVENUE, LONDON, SE6 3AX
Received 31 Jul 2026WATERGATE SCHOOL, LUSHINGTON ROAD, LONDON, SE6 3RJ
Received 31 Jul 2026MONTAGUE ARMS, 289 QUEENS ROAD, LONDON, SE15 2PA
Received 31 Jul 202619 BROCKLEHURST STREET, LONDON, SE14 5QG
Received 3 Aug 202649 CRANBROOK ROAD, LONDON, SE8 4EJ
Received 3 Aug 202659 MAYOW ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2XH
Received 3 Aug 2026184 NEW CROSS ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5AA
Received 3 Aug 2026(FORMER) LADYWELL LEISURE CENTRE, 261 LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE13 6NJ
Received 3 Aug 20263 MANTLE ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2DU
Received 4 Aug 202678 REVELON ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2PR
Received 31 Jul 202612 PRINCETHORPE ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4PF
Received 3 Aug 202629A CRESCENT WAY, LONDON, SE4 1QL
Received 3 Aug 202657 BARGERY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2LJ
Received 3 Aug 2026106 ARRAN ROAD, CATFORD, London, SE6 2NN
Received 3 Aug 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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