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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.
3,181 approved · 596 refused · 70 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
LAND TO THE SIDE OF 13 SENLAC ROAD, 111-117 GUIBAL ROAD, LONDON, SE12 9HF
Received 1 Jun 2026151 BROCKLEY RISE, LONDON, SE23 1NL
Received 1 Jun 2026266 STANSTEAD ROAD, LONDON, SE23 1DE
Received 1 Jun 202639 WICKHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1LT
Received 1 Jun 20267 SEDGEWAY, LONDON, SE6 1JR
Received 1 Jun 2026361 BROCKLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2AG
Received 29 May 202641 HOUSTON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2RJ
Received 1 Jun 20269A HYNDEWOOD, BAMPTON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2BJ
Received 1 Jun 2026141 LEE PARK, LONDON, SE3 9HE
Received 1 Jun 2026LAND BETWEEN, 15-17 ALDERSGROVE AVENUE, LONDON, SE9
Received 1 Jun 202697 INCHMERY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2NB
Received 2 Jun 202680 LONDON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3PA
Received 2 Jun 2026137 CONISBOROUGH CRESCENT, LONDON, SE6 2SQ
Received 28 May 2026SCOTT HOUSE, 185 GROVE STREET, LONDON, SE8 3SH
Received 2 Jun 2026350 DOWNHAM WAY, BROMLEY, BR1 5NR
Received 2 Jun 202670 LOCK CHASE, LONDON, SE3 9HA
Received 2 Jun 20261 CARTERS LANE, LONDON, SE23 2TS
Received 2 Jun 20261 ROJACK ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2DF
Received 2 Jun 20262 CRANFIELD ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1UG
Received 2 Jun 202611-21 LONDON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3TW
Received 2 Jun 202611-21 LONDON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3TW
Received 2 Jun 202654A ALLERFORD ROAD, LONDON, SE6 3DF
Received 2 Jun 20267 UNDERCLIFF ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7TU
Received 2 Jun 202646 BRIGHTFIELD ROAD, LONDON, SE12 8QF
Received 1 Jun 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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