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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3,226 approved · 605 refused · 70 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 OAKCROFT ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7ED
Received 26 Aug 202616 OLDSTEAD ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 5RW
Received 26 Aug 2026CROWN AND NEW BALTIC, PARK AND BRIDGE AND VICTORIA WHARVES, BOUNDED BY GROVE STREET, DRAGOON STREET AND EVELYN STREET, OXESTALLS ROAD, LONDON, SE8
Received 26 Aug 2026166 RUSHEY GREEN, LONDON, SE6 4HH
Received 27 Aug 2026CHRIST THE KING COLLEGE, BELMONT GROVE, LONDON, SE13 5GE
Received 27 Aug 202633 TYRWHITT ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1QD
Received 27 Aug 2026WATERGATE SCHOOL, LUSHINGTON ROAD, LONDON, SE6 3RJ
Received 27 Aug 202674-78 CEDARS MEWS, GEOFFREY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1NT
Received 27 Aug 202686 PERRY HILL, LONDON, SE6 4EY
Received 27 Aug 2026FLAT A, 76 HONOR OAK ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3RR
Received 27 Aug 202617 PRAGNELL ROAD, LONDON, SE12 0LF
Received 28 Aug 202687 GUIBAL ROAD, LONDON, SE12 9HF
Received 28 Aug 2026(FORMER) LADYWELL LEISURE CENTRE, 261 LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE13 6NJ
Received 28 Aug 202654A ALLERFORD ROAD, LONDON, SE6 3DF
Received 28 Aug 202618 QUEENSTHORPE ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4PH
Received 28 Aug 202624 THORNWOOD ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5RG
Received 28 Aug 2026171 SANDHURST ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1UR
Received 28 Aug 202646B HEATHER ROAD, LONDON, SE12 0UQ
Received 28 Aug 202675 ALBURY STREET, LONDON, SE8 3PT
Received 28 Aug 202623 BENSON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3RL
Received 28 Aug 202696 CHUDLEIGH ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1HH
Received 28 Aug 202660 HONOR OAK PARK, LONDON, SE23 1DY
Received 28 Aug 202682 NEWLANDS PARK, LONDON, SE26 5NB
Received 28 Aug 202636 DANEBY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2QH
Received 31 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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