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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.
3,237 approved · 605 refused · 71 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Mar 2003 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
27 ROSENTHAL ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2BX
Received 25 Sept 202623 PRINCETHORPE ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4PF
Received 25 Sept 2026168 MALPAS ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1DH
Received 25 Sept 2026LAND EAST OF, 14 CHILTHORNE CLOSE, LONDON, SE6 4YW
Received 22 Sept 202683 UPPER BROCKLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1TF
Received 28 Sept 2026437 NEW CROSS ROAD, LONDON, SE14 6TA
Received 28 Sept 202675A STONDON PARK, LONDON, SE23 1LD
Received 28 Sept 2026262 MANOR LANE, LONDON, SE12 0TG
Received 28 Sept 2026SUNNYMEAD, HEATH LANE, LONDON, SE3 0UT
Received 28 Sept 202659 CRESSINGHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5AQ
Received 28 Sept 202658 CLAYHILL CRESCENT, LONDON, SE9 4JB
Received 28 Sept 20262 CRESSINGHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5AG
Received 28 Sept 2026187-189 RUSHEY GREEN, LONDON, SE6 4BP
Received 28 Sept 2026(FORMER) LADYWELL LEISURE CENTRE, 261 LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE13 6NJ
Received 28 Sept 2026(FORMER) LADYWELL LEISURE CENTRE, 261 LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE13 6NJ
Received 28 Sept 2026(FORMER) LADYWELL LEISURE CENTRE, 261 LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE13 6NJ
Received 28 Sept 2026(FORMER) LADYWELL LEISURE CENTRE, 261 LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE13 6NJ
Received 28 Sept 2026(FORMER) LADYWELL LEISURE CENTRE, 261 LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE13 6NJ
Received 28 Sept 202688 WOODYATES ROAD, LONDON, SE12 9JH
Received 29 Sept 202628 BROWNHILL ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2EJ
Received 29 Sept 202623 FELDAY ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7HQ
Received 29 Sept 202610 FARLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2AB
Received 29 Sept 202677 DEVONSHIRE ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3LX
Received 29 Sept 202624 LONGTON GROVE, LONDON, SE26 6QE
Received 29 Sept 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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