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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3,226 approved · 605 refused · 70 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
41 HAWKINS WAY, LONDON, SE6 3RT
Received 14 Sept 202634 SPRINGBANK ROAD, LONDON, SE13 6SN
Received 14 Sept 202648 VICARS HILL, LONDON, SE13 7JL
Received 14 Sept 202651 SOUTHBROOK ROAD, LONDON, SE12 8LJ
Received 14 Sept 202634 SYDENHAM HILL, LONDON, SE26 6LS
Received 15 Sept 2026GARAGES AT LAND ON WESTERN SIDE OF MILLBANK WAY LONDON SE12
Received 15 Sept 2026LAND ON THE EAST SIDE OF, 68 RAVENSBOURNE PARK CRESCENT, LONDON, SE6 4YP
Received 15 Sept 202632 FERNBROOK ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5NF
Received 16 Sept 202656 LONGHILL ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1TY
Received 16 Sept 20265 HASSOCKS CLOSE, LONDON, SE26 4BS
Received 16 Sept 202635 NEWQUAY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2NR
Received 13 Sept 2026CROWN AND NEW BALTIC, PARK AND BRIDGE AND VICTORIA WHARVES, BOUNDED BY GROVE STREET, DRAGOON STREET AND EVELYN STREET, OXESTALLS ROAD, LONDON, SE8
Received 16 Sept 2026(FORMER) LADYWELL LEISURE CENTRE, 261 LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE13 6NJ
Received 16 Sept 2026(FORMER) LADYWELL LEISURE CENTRE, 261 LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE13 6NJ
Received 16 Sept 2026109 MORDEN HILL, LONDON, SE13 7NT
Received 16 Sept 202639 BALLOCH ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1SP
Received 16 Sept 2026210A HITHER GREEN LANE, LONDON, SE13 6RT
Received 7 Sept 202673 ARBUTHNOT ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5NP
Received 7 Sept 20266 VICARS HILL, LONDON, SE13 7JH
Received 13 Sept 202649 MICHELDEVER ROAD, LONDON, SE12 8LU
Received 14 Sept 202631A CRESCENT WAY, LONDON, SE4 1QL
Received 16 Sept 202617 TORRIDON ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1AQ
Received 17 Sept 202611 ALBACORE CRESCENT, LONDON, SE13 7HW
Received 17 Sept 202655 ALBACORE CRESCENT, LONDON, SE13 7HW
Received 17 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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