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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.
3,226 approved · 604 refused · 70 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
38 LOCK CHASE, LONDON, SE3 9HA
Received 24 Aug 20268 MONTAGUE AVENUE, LONDON, SE4 1YP
Received 24 Aug 2026FLAT 2, 10 THE GLEBE, LONDON, SE3 9TG
Received 24 Aug 20263 KITTO ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5TW
Received 24 Aug 2026LAND TO THE REAR OF, 69-75 LAUSANNE ROAD, LONDON, SE15 2HY
Received 24 Aug 2026TOP FLAT, 5 KITTO ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5TW
Received 24 Aug 2026CHURCH, 65 BOONE STREET, LONDON, SE13 5SE
Received 24 Aug 202610 WICKHAM GARDENS, LONDON, SE4 1LY
Received 25 Aug 2026KEMSLEY, LEWISHAM PARK, LONDON, SE13 6QW
Received 25 Aug 2026162 CHUDLEIGH ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1EE
Received 25 Aug 2026162 CHUDLEIGH ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1EE
Received 25 Aug 2026LAND TO THE REAR OF, 69-75 LAUSANNE ROAD, LONDON, SE15 2HY
Received 25 Aug 202628A & 28B ROCKBOURNE ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2DD
Received 25 Aug 202613 BILLINGTON ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5QH
Received 25 Aug 202655 BROCKLEY RISE, LONDON, SE23 1JG
Received 25 Aug 202696-102 RUSHEY GREEN, LONDON, SE6 4HW
Received 25 Aug 202613 WALLBUTTON ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2NX
Received 24 Aug 2026UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEWISHAM, LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE13 6LH
Received 26 Aug 2026266 STANSTEAD ROAD, LONDON, SE23 1DE
Received 24 Aug 20262 PRINCETHORPE ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4PF
Received 25 Aug 202616 OLDSTEAD ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 5RW
Received 26 Aug 202689 DEVONSHIRE ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3LX
Received 26 Aug 2026MACKLIN HOUSE, SHACKLETON CLOSE, LONDON, SE23 3YP
Received 25 Aug 20268 LEE ROAD, LONDON, SE3 9RT
Received 27 Aug 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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