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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.
3,179 approved · 596 refused · 70 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
THOMAS LANE CARPARK, THOMAS' LANE, LONDON
Received 21 May 2026ARCHES, 186-192 EDWARD PLACE, LONDON, SE8 5PY
Received 21 May 2026ARCHES 186-192, EDWARD PLACE, LONDON, SE8 5PY
Received 21 May 202615 THE GLEBE, LONDON, SE3 9TQ
Received 22 May 2026LAND TO THE NORTH OF LEYBRIDGE COURT, ELTHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE12 8TH
Received 21 May 2026FLAT 3, 42 CRANFIELD ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1UG
Received 22 May 202631 LEWISHAM PARK, LONDON, SE13 6QZ
Received 22 May 202676 UPPER BROCKLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1ST
Received 22 May 2026LEEGATE SHOPPING CENTRE, LEEGATE, LONDON, SE12
Received 22 May 202640 BRIGHTFIELD ROAD, LONDON, SE12 8QF
Received 22 May 2026MERETON MANSIONS, BROOKMILL ROAD, LONDON, SE8 4HS
Received 22 May 202615 GLYNDE STREET, LONDON, SE4 1RU
Received 25 May 2026109 RIDDONS ROAD, LONDON, SE12 9QZ
Received 25 May 202621 BOYNE ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5AL
Received 25 May 20264 BEDFORD MEWS, AITKEN ROAD, LONDON, SE6 3DX
Received 25 May 2026135 REIGATE ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 5JJ
Received 25 May 2026LAND AND GARAGES TO THE REAR OF, 153-155 UPPER BROCKLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1TF
Received 25 May 202619 UNDERCLIFF ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7TU
Received 25 May 2026122 ARNGASK ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1XX
Received 25 May 2026THE HORNIMAN MUSEUM & GARDENS, 100 LONDON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3PQ
Received 26 May 202611 WELLMEADOW ROAD, LONDON, SE13 6SY
Received 26 May 2026CUREPIPE COURT, 125-131 KIRKDALE, LONDON, SE26 4QJ
Received 26 May 20262A, DUNDALK ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2JL
Received 26 May 202612 MACLEAN ROAD, LONDON, SE23 1PD
Received 26 May 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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