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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.
3,191 approved · 599 refused · 70 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
53 ST FILLANS ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1DQ
Received 19 Jun 2026899-901 OLD KENT ROAD & 42 WAGNER ROAD, LONDON, SE15 1NL
Received 19 Jun 2026THE HORNIMAN MUSEUM & GARDENS, 100 LONDON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3PQ
Received 22 Jun 2026HEADLEY COURT, 78 LAWRIE PARK ROAD, LONDON, SE26 6EU
Received 23 Jun 2026THE HORNIMAN MUSEUM & GARDENS, 100 LONDON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3PQ
Received 22 Jun 202610 PEAK HILL GARDENS, LONDON, SE26 4LE
Received 19 Jun 202641-43 SPORTSBANK STREET, LONDON, SE6 2EY
Received 19 Jun 202653 BARING ROAD, LONDON, SE12 0JS
Received 19 Jun 2026169 BURNT ASH HILL, LONDON, SE12 0QF
Received 19 Jun 202659 FLORENCE ROAD, LONDON, SE14 6QL
Received 19 Jun 2026ICELAND WHARF, PLOUGH WAY, LONDON, SE16 7AB
Received 23 Jun 2026132 BRAMDEAN CRESCENT, LONDON, SE12 0UH
Received 19 Jun 2026158 RUSHEY GREEN, LONDON, SE6 4HQ
Received 23 Jun 2026104 INCHMERY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2ND
Received 19 Jun 202621 DUKESTHORPE ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4PB
Received 19 Jun 202630 WEMYSS ROAD, LONDON, SE3 0TG
Received 22 Jun 202664 MANOR LANE, LONDON, SE13 5QP
Received 22 Jun 202632 CLYDE TERRACE, LONDON, SE23 3BA
Received 22 Jun 20261 DANESCOMBE, LONDON, SE12 9EU
Received 22 Jun 202670B PENDERRY RISE, LONDON, SE6 1HA
Received 22 Jun 202612 MANOR PARK, LONDON, SE13 5RN
Received 22 Jun 202621 MANOR PARK, LONDON, SE13 5QZ
Received 22 Jun 202622 MANOR PARK, LONDON, SE13 5RN
Received 22 Jun 202627 MANOR PARK, LONDON, SE13 5QZ
Received 22 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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