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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.
3,188 approved · 599 refused · 70 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
46 RINGSTEAD ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2BP
Received 19 Jun 2026MAYFIELDS HOSTEL, 47 BURNT ASH HILL, LONDON, SE12 0AE
Received 19 Jun 2026238 WELLMEADOW ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1HS
Received 19 Jun 2026114 LALEHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2AD
Received 19 Jun 2026123 LALEHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2JD
Received 19 Jun 202628 UNDERCLIFF ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7TT
Received 19 Jun 202697 MAYOW ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4AA
Received 19 Jun 202679 MAYOW ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4AA
Received 19 Jun 202673 COURTHILL ROAD, LONDON, SE13 6DW
Received 19 Jun 202610 RADFORD ROAD, LONDON, SE13 6RZ
Received 19 Jun 202691 RINGSTEAD ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2BT
Received 19 Jun 202626 PATTENDEN ROAD, LONDON, SE6 4NQ
Received 19 Jun 202648 PATTENDEN ROAD, LONDON, SE6 4NQ
Received 19 Jun 202623, 25 and 27 CRESSINGHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5AQ
Received 19 Jun 2026141 CULVERLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2JZ
Received 19 Jun 20262 EVELYN STREET, LONDON, SE8 5DQ
Received 19 Jun 2026SERVICE STATION, BROWNHILL ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1AA
Received 19 Jun 2026SCOTT HOUSE, 185 GROVE STREET, LONDON, SE8 3SH
Received 22 Jun 202613 SYDENHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE26 5EX
Received 22 Jun 2026106 SYDENHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE26 5JX
Received 22 Jun 202696 PEPYS ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5SD
Received 22 Jun 202672 BREAKSPEARS ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1TS
Received 22 Jun 20266 WESTDOWN ROAD, LONDON, SE6 4RL
Received 19 Jun 202614 SANDOWN COURT, DARTMOUTH ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4RT
Received 25 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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