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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.
3,183 approved · 597 refused · 70 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 MANOR LANE, LONDON, SE13 5QP
Received 10 Jun 20265B SYDENHAM PARK, LONDON, SE26 4EE
Received 10 Jun 2026FORMER GARAGES, 1-13 CARSTON CLOSE, LONDON, SE12 8DX
Received 10 Jun 202654A THE WOODLANDS, LONDON, SE13 6TY
Received 10 Jun 202621 ELLERDALE STREET, LONDON, SE13 7JX
Received 10 Jun 202629 WYNELL ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2LW
Received 11 Jun 20261-1A DAVENPORT ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2AY
Received 11 Jun 20261-18 WYATT HOUSE, WEMYSS ROAD, LONDON, SE3 0TE
Received 11 Jun 202652 DEPTFORD BROADWAY, LONDON, SE8 4PH
Received 11 Jun 202625 THE GLEBE, LONDON, SE3 9TG
Received 11 Jun 20262A RADLET AVENUE, LONDON, SE26 4BZ
Received 11 Jun 2026DAYKINS HOUSE, JERNINGHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5NJ
Received 11 Jun 20262A THE GLEBE, LONDON, SE3 9TT
Received 11 Jun 2026SYDENHAM SURGERY, 2 SYDENHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE26 5QW
Received 12 Jun 2026GARAGES AT LAND ON WESTERN SIDE OF MILLBANK WAY LONDON SE12
Received 12 Jun 202628 DARTMOUTH ROW, LONDON, SE10 8AW
Received 12 Jun 2026359 SYDENHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE26 5SL
Received 12 Jun 2026359 SYDENHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE26 5SL
Received 12 Jun 2026359 SYDENHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE26 5SL
Received 12 Jun 2026359 SYDENHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE26 5SL
Received 12 Jun 20262A HEATHER ROAD, LONDON, SE12 0UQ
Received 12 Jun 2026106C BURNT ASH ROAD, LONDON, SE12 8PU
Received 12 Jun 2026273 BROWNHILL ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1AE
Received 12 Jun 202637A-B TRANQUIL VALE, LONDON, SE3 0BU
Received 12 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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