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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.
3,211 approved · 604 refused · 70 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
JOB CENTRE, 120-122 DEPTFORD HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE8 4NP
Received 5 Aug 2026157 GLENFARG ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1XW
Received 5 Aug 2026HABERDASHERS ASKES HATCHAM COLLEGE, PEPYS ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5SF
Received 5 Aug 20261 DENNETTS GROVE, LONDON, SE14 5NE
Received 5 Aug 20269 EXETER PLACE, LONDON, SE26 6AB
Received 5 Aug 202695 DENNETTS ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5LW
Received 5 Aug 202657 BISHOPSTHORPE ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4PA
Received 5 Aug 2026114 DENNETTS ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5LW
Received 5 Aug 202679 DACRE PARK, LONDON, SE13 5BX
Received 6 Aug 2026HEATHSIDE AND LETHBRIDGE ESTATES (PHASE 5 AND 6) BLACKHEATH HILL, LEWISHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE10 7QR
Received 6 Aug 202634 CHURCHDOWN, BROMLEY, BR1 5PT
Received 6 Aug 202616 ENTERPRIZE WAY, LONDON, SE8 3PJ
Received 6 Aug 202642 NEWSTEAD ROAD, LONDON, SE12 0SY
Received 6 Aug 2026HEATHSIDE & LETHBRIDGE ESTATES - (PHASE 4), LEWISHAM ROAD, BLACKHEATH HILL, LONDON, SE10 7QR
Received 6 Aug 20269 FOXWOOD ROAD, LONDON, SE3 9HT
Received 6 Aug 2026149A BREAKSPEARS ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1TY
Received 7 Aug 202651C TRESSILLIAN ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1YG
Received 7 Aug 202699 CROFTON PARK ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1AJ
Received 7 Aug 202631 OAKVIEW ROAD, LONDON, SE6 3QF
Received 7 Aug 202615 ROTHESAY COURT, CUMBERLAND PLACE, LONDON, SE6 1LA
Received 10 Aug 20266 WESTDOWN ROAD, LONDON, SE6 4RL
Received 10 Aug 2026FLAT B, 70 LONGTON GROVE, LONDON, SE26 6QH
Received 10 Aug 2026DEPTFORD TRADING ESTATE, BLACKHORSE ROAD, LONDON, SE8 5HY
Received 10 Aug 2026CLARENDON HOTEL, 8-16 MONTPELIER ROW, LONDON, SE3 0RW
Received 10 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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