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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3,226 approved · 605 refused · 70 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 WESTWOOD PARK, LONDON, SE23 3QB
Received 10 Sept 202645 ST ASAPH ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2EJ
Received 11 Sept 2026LEEGATE SHOPPING CENTRE, LEEGATE, LONDON, SE12
Received 11 Sept 2026LEEGATE SHOPPING CENTRE, LEEGATE, LONDON, SE12
Received 11 Sept 20265 SPINDLE HOUSE, 54 AVONLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5EW
Received 11 Sept 2026LEEGATE SHOPPING CENTRE, LEEGATE, LONDON, SE12
Received 11 Sept 2026LEEGATE SHOPPING CENTRE, LEEGATE, LONDON, SE12
Received 11 Sept 2026LEEGATE SHOPPING CENTRE, LEEGATE, LONDON, SE12
Received 11 Sept 2026BRIDGE HOUSE, 47 ADELAIDE AVENUE, LONDON, SE4 1LF
Received 10 Sept 202668 CRANTOCK ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2QP
Received 11 Sept 202627 CLYDE VALE, LONDON, SE23 3JG
Received 11 Sept 202690 SPRINGBANK ROAD, LONDON, SE13 6SX
Received 11 Sept 202623 CELESTIAL GARDENS, LONDON, SE13 5RP
Received 14 Sept 2026MCDONALDS, THE GARDEN GATE, OLD BROMLEY ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 4JY
Received 14 Sept 202625 NEUCHATEL ROAD, LONDON, SE6 4EH
Received 14 Sept 202625 UNDERCLIFF ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7TU
Received 14 Sept 2026104 WOOD VALE, LONDON, SE23 3ED
Received 14 Sept 20267 DRAKEFELL ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5SL
Received 14 Sept 202632 DEPTFORD HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE8 4AF
Received 14 Sept 2026JUNO WAY INDUSTRIAL ESTATE AND, ELIZABETH TRADING ESTATE, JUNO WAY, LONDON, SE14 5RW
Received 14 Sept 2026415-421, BROMLEY ROAD, LONDON, BR1 4PJ
Received 14 Sept 2026112 LEAHURST ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5NN
Received 14 Sept 202639 RISELDINE ROAD, LONDON, SE23 1JT
Received 14 Sept 202641 FORDMILL ROAD, LONDON, SE6 3JL
Received 14 Sept 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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