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London Borough of Lewisham
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for London Borough of Lewisham. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates5,676Searchable applications
491Recorded as pending
84%Approval rate · 3,842 approved or refused records
605Refused applications
3,237 approved · 605 refused · 71 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information PlanningContact planning Contact usLocal plan Planning policyPre-application advice Get planning adviceConservation areas Conservation areasArticle 4 directions Article 4 Direction for Class E
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- Planning enquiries02083147400Council source
- Planning enquiriesplanning@lewisham.gov.ukCouncil source
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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas30 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas89 mapped area records2 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified
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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.
More application records
- RegisteredDC/26/145677
Installation of replacement timber double-glazed windows on the front and side elevations and uPVC windows on the rear elevation; installation of replacement uPVC door at the rear elevation at 104 Algernon Road, SE13.
104 ALGERNON ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7AW
Received 5 Oct 2026 - RegisteredDC/26/145678
Installation of replacement windows with double-glazed timber windows in the front and side elevations, and double-glazed UPVC windows and door in the rear elevation to Flats (A & B), 19 Sydenham Park SE26.
19 SYDENHAM PARK, LONDON, SE26 4EE
Received 5 Oct 2026 - RegisteredDC/26/145680
Installation of replacement uPVC windows, timber windows and uPVC doors to all elevations at 53 Algiers Road, SE13 7JD.
53 ALGIERS ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7JD
Received 5 Oct 2026 - RegisteredDC/26/145684
Installation of replacement windows with double-glazed timber windows in the front, side and rear elevations and aluminium doors in the rear elevation to William Wood House, Shrublands Close SE26.
WILLIAM WOOD HOUSE, SHRUBLANDS CLOSE, LONDON, SE26 4EG
Received 5 Oct 2026 - RegisteredDC/26/145685
Details submitted pursuant to Condition 14(a)-External Lighting and Condition 15(a)(b)-Delivery and Servicing Plans of planning permission DC/20/117886 dated 2nd November 2021 at Garages Adjacent to 7 & 9 Ewelme Road and to the Rear of 30-38 Woodcombe Crescent SE23.
GARAGES ADJACENT TO 7 & 9 EWELME ROAD AND TO THE REAR OF, 30-38 WOODCOMBE CRESCENT, LONDON, SE23
Received 5 Oct 2026 - RegisteredDC/26/145686
Installation of replacement windows with double-glazed timber windows in the front and rear elevations, and a timber door in the rear elevation to Flats (A & B), Sydenham Park SE26.
18 SYDENHAM PARK, LONDON, SE26 4EQ
Received 5 Oct 2026 - RegisteredDC/26/145687
Details submitted pursuant to Condition 27-Waste Management and Condition 28(a)-S278 Highways Works of planning permission DC/20/117886 dated 2nd November 2021 at Garages Adjacent to 7 & 9 Ewelme Road and to the Rear of 30-38 Woodcombe Crescent SE23.
GARAGES ADJACENT TO 7 & 9 EWELME ROAD AND TO THE REAR OF, 30-38 WOODCOMBE CRESCENT, LONDON, SE23
Received 5 Oct 2026 - RegisteredDC/26/145688
Installation of replacement windows with double-glazed uPVC windows in the front, side and rear elevations, a composite door in the front elevation and uPVC door in the rear elevation to Flats (A & B), 9 Radford Road SE13.
9 RADFORD ROAD, LONDON, SE13 6SB
Received 5 Oct 2026 - RegisteredDC/26/145690
Installation of replacement uPVC double-glazed windows and a uPVC door to the rear elevation and timber windows to the front elevation at Flats A-D, 53 Tyrwhitt Road.
53 TYRWHITT ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1QD
Received 5 Oct 2026 - RegisteredDC/26/145694
Construction of a single-storey rear extension at 43A Halesworth Road, SE13
43A HALESWORTH ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7TJ
Received 5 Oct 2026 - UnknownDC/26/145703
REAR: ONE Ash tree (T1)(ht.15m) FELL. Reason: health & safety, tree is in a state of decay, shedding branches, numerous shaggy Bracket fungal brackets on the main stem. Duty to replace applies.Informative A: the landowner has a duty to plant another tree of an appropriate size and species when a tree is removed in a conservation area because it is dead or presents an immediate risk of serious harm. Section 213 of Town & Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended). See also ref: Tree Preservation Orders and trees in conservation areas guidance, para 121. Informative B: the replacement tree to be a large canopy tree to replace amenity, landscape character, wildlife and shade to reduce increasingly high summer temperatures due to climate change, species such as small leaved lime, oak, Robinia, Norway maple, wild cherry, beech, field maple, whitebeam, wild service tree (Sorbus torminalis), Bird cherry, Tulip Tree, hornbeam, hop hornbeam (Ostrya carpinifolia), Indian horse chestnut, Caucasian wingnut (Pterocarya fraxinifolia), Pride of India/Golden Rain tree (Koelreuteria paniculata), Japanese pagoda tree (Styphnolobium japonicum), Italian alder, Hackberry (Celtis australis), Kentucky Coffee Tree (Gymnocladus dioica), Liquidambar, Bee-bee Tree (Tetradium daniellii), Turkish hazel, Turkey oak, Holm oak, Caucasian elm (Zelkova carpinifolia), Katsura Tree (Cercidiphyllum japonicum). Informative C: The Bat Conservation Trust advises checking thoroughly for roosting bats before and during tree works with soft fell process followed to proceed with care and with cut timber left grounded over night to allow any bats to make their way out, tree works ideally during Sept/Oct to avoid maternity and hibernation seasons when bats are most vulnerable to disturbance. Informative D: please retain a safe standing stem and create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity.
15 DARTMOUTH ROW, LONDON, SE10 8AW
Received 5 Oct 2026 - RegisteredDC/26/145717
Construction of a groundfloor side extension to the rear at 29 Hunsdon Road, SE14 5RD.
29 HUNSDON ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5RD
Received 7 Oct 2026 - RegisteredDC/26/145722
Application for Prior Approval under Schedule 2, Part 1, Class A, Part (g) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended) for the construction of a single storey rear extension at a depth of 4.3m, an eaves height of 3m and a maximum height of 3.6m to 88 Longhurst Road, SE13.
88 LONGHURST ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5LZ
Received 8 Oct 2026 - RegisteredDC/26/145723
loft conversioApplication for a Lawful Development Certificate (proposed) submitted under Section 192 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) Classes A of Schedule 2, Part 1 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for construction of a single storey rear dormer to 88 Longhurst Road, SE13..
88 LONGHURST ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5LZ
Received 8 Oct 2026 - RegisteredDC/26/145736
Details submitted pursuant to Condition 8(b)-Protection Against External Noise, Condition 46-Heat Interface Unit Specification and Condition 59-Landscape and Ecological Management Plan of planning permission DC/24/135192 dated 15th October 2025 at Scott House, 185 Grove Street SE8.
SCOTT HOUSE, 185 GROVE STREET, LONDON, SE8 3SH
Received 9 Oct 2026 - RegisteredDC/26/145738
An application submitted under Section 96a of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 for a non-material amendment in connection with the planning permission (DC/24/134963) dated 27 June 2025, in order to allow the removal of Condition (10) Travel Plan at 69 Catford Hill SE6.
69 CATFORD HILL, LONDON, SE6 4PW
Received 9 Oct 2026 - RegisteredDC/26/145739
Details submitted pursuant to Condition 3-Refuse and Recycling and Condition 4-Cycle Parking of Prior Approval DC/24/136057 dated 20th February 2025 at Headley Court, 78 Lawrie Park Road SE26.
HEADLEY COURT, 78 LAWRIE PARK ROAD, LONDON, SE26 6EU
Received 9 Oct 2026 - RegisteredDC/26/145744
Prior Approval under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended) for the change of use of ground floor commercial use (Use Class E) into a self-contained flat (Use Class C3), and all associated works at 28 Muirkirk Road SE6.
28 MUIRKIRK ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1BE
Received 12 Oct 2026 - RegisteredDC/26/145751
FRONT: ONE Copper Beech (TPO T1) (ht.16m, spread 5-8m) FELL. Reason: health & safety, high target risk to road, weight over the highway, buttress roots on S side have extensive decay and a cavity, large area of dead bark on S side of trunk extending from base to ht.4m to the previously removed limb, considered to be a continuous column of decaying wood, at union where previously twin-stemmed a cavity observed, minor cavities throughput the canopy, exudates observed on lower stem, stem sounded with mallet indicated extensive internal decay.Duty to replace applies. The London Borough of Lewisham (100 Burnt Ash Hill, London SE12) Tree Preservation Order 2002.
100 BURNT ASH HILL, LONDON, SE12 0HT
Received 12 Oct 2026 - DecidedDC/13/082322/X
The installation of a freestanding canopy in the rear playground of Blackheath High School, Wemyss Road SE3.
BLACKHEATH HIGH, WEMYSS ROAD, LONDON, SE3 0TG
Received 15 Jan 2013
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What these statistics cover
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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