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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.
3,218 approved · 604 refused · 70 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
4 THE ORCHARD, LONDON, SE3 0QU
Received 17 Aug 2026178 BURNT ASH HILL, LONDON, SE12 0HU
Received 17 Aug 2026LYNCOURT, THE ORCHARD, LONDON, SE3 0QT
Received 17 Aug 202630 ELVERSON ROAD, LONDON, SE8 4JN
Received 17 Aug 202611 WELLMEADOW ROAD, LONDON, SE13 6SY
Received 17 Aug 2026203 HONOR OAK ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3RP
Received 17 Aug 20267A LUTWYCHE ROAD, LONDON, SE6 4EP
Received 17 Aug 202623 GARLIES ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2RU
Received 17 Aug 2026HATHWAY HOUSE, GIBBON ROAD, LONDON, SE15 2AU
Received 17 Aug 2026GARAGES AT LAND ON WESTERN SIDE OF MILLBANK WAY LONDON SE12
Received 17 Aug 20264 BROWNHILL ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2EJ
Received 17 Aug 202629 MANOR MOUNT, LONDON, SE23 3PY
Received 18 Aug 202631 PATTENDEN ROAD, LONDON, SE6 4NH
Received 18 Aug 202643 WICKHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1LT
Received 18 Aug 202676 OLDSTEAD ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 5RJ
Received 18 Aug 2026105B BREAKSPEARS ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1TY
Received 18 Aug 2026FLAT 5, 2 BENSON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3RJ
Received 18 Aug 2026147B DEVONSHIRE ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3LZ
Received 18 Aug 202677 HAREFIELD ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1LU
Received 18 Aug 2026BASEMENT FLAT, 184 LEWISHAM WAY, LONDON, SE4 1UU
Received 18 Aug 2026343 MARVELS LANE, LONDON, SE12 9PU
Received 19 Aug 202622 BELMONT PARK, LONDON, SE13 5BJ
Received 23 Aug 202626 BELMONT PARK, LONDON, SE13 5BJ
Received 23 Aug 202616 ALLERFORD ROAD, LONDON, SE6 3DE
Received 19 Aug 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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