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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.
3,187 approved · 598 refused · 70 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
(FORMER) LADYWELL LEISURE CENTRE, 261 LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE13 6NJ
Received 17 Jun 2026219 FARMFIELD ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 4NQ
Received 17 Jun 2026THE HORNIMAN MUSEUM & GARDENS, 100 LONDON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3PQ
Received 17 Jun 202672 WESTWOOD PARK, LONDON, SE23 3QH
Received 17 Jun 202659-65 RYCULFF SQUARE, LONDON, SE3 0SW
Received 17 Jun 202666-71 RYCULFF SQUARE, LONDON, SE3 0SW
Received 17 Jun 202646-51 RYCULFF SQUARE, LONDON, SE3 0SW
Received 17 Jun 202652-58 RYCULFF SQUARE, LONDON, SE3 0SW
Received 17 Jun 202628 LOCK CHASE, LONDON, SE3 9HA
Received 17 Jun 2026123 DOWNDERRY ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 5QE
Received 17 Jun 202628 LAWN TERRACE, LONDON, SE3 9LL
Received 18 Jun 2026LAND TO THE REAR OF, 179 SANDHURST ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1UR
Received 18 Jun 202672 CANONBIE ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3AG
Received 18 Jun 2026213 DEPTFORD HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE8 3NT
Received 18 Jun 2026253 LEWISHAM WAY, LONDON, SE4 1XF
Received 18 Jun 2026135 PERRY VALE, LONDON, SE23 2JB
Received 18 Jun 2026131A WELLMEADOW ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1HN
Received 17 Jun 2026FLAT 1, 77 SUNDERLAND ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2PS
Received 18 Jun 202622 BELMONT HILL, LONDON, SE13 5BD
Received 18 Jun 20269 TYRWHITT ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1QD
Received 18 Jun 202646 FRANCEMARY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1JS
Received 18 Jun 202646 FRANCEMARY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1JS
Received 18 Jun 2026JOHN BALL PRIMARY SCHOOL, SOUTHVALE ROAD, LONDON, SE3 0TP
Received 18 Jun 202611A & 11B, ST SWITHUNS ROAD, LONDON, SE13 6RW
Received 19 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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