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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3,183 approved · 597 refused · 70 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
54 CHALSEY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1YW
Received 12 Jun 2026154 MINARD ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1NJ
Received 15 Jun 20263 PERRY RISE, LONDON, SE23 2QX
Received 15 Jun 2026120 TRESSILLIAN ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1XX
Received 15 Jun 2026195 STANSTEAD ROAD, LONDON, SE23 1HP
Received 12 Jun 2026250 EVELYN STREET, LONDON, SE8 5BZ
Received 12 Jun 2026NEPTUNE WORKS, CANAL APPROACH, LONDON, SE8 5JF
Received 15 Jun 2026UNIT A AT PLACE LADYWELL, LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE13
Received 15 Jun 202688 FERNBROOK ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5NH
Received 15 Jun 2026HOLLYHEDGE HOUSE, WAT TYLER ROAD, LONDON, SE3 0QZ
Received 15 Jun 202670 THORPEWOOD AVENUE, LONDON, SE26 4BY
Received 15 Jun 2026136 MANOR LANE, LONDON, SE12 8LR
Received 15 Jun 2026300 QUEENS ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5JN
Received 15 Jun 2026LAND NORTH OF REGINALD ROAD & SOUTH OF, FRANKHAM STREET, LONDON, SE8 4RL
Received 15 Jun 20266A MEDUSA ROAD, LONDON, SE6 4JW
Received 15 Jun 2026TOP FLAT, 131 TRESSILLIAN ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1XZ
Received 15 Jun 202642 HOMECROFT ROAD, LONDON, SE26 5QG
Received 16 Jun 202673 TAUNTON ROAD, LONDON, SE12 8PA
Received 16 Jun 2026152-154 LEWISHAM WAY, LONDON, SE14 6PD
Received 16 Jun 202628 BARGERY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2LN
Received 16 Jun 2026BROCKLEY MOT TEST CENTRE, SHARDELOES ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1DN
Received 16 Jun 2026357-361 LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE13 6NZ
Received 16 Jun 2026317 TORRIDON ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1RE
Received 16 Jun 202628 MUIRKIRK ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1BE
Received 16 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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