Planning appeals

You can make a planning appeal if your planning application has been refused planning permission, you did not receive a decision within 8 weeks or 13 weeks (major application), or your application was approved and you are not happy with the planning conditions.

Have your say

We want your input on our draft Planning Enforcement Plan, which will guide our approach to tackling breaches in planning regulation in Lewisham - we're re-opening our July/August consultation for more public feedback:

have your say - complete the survey before 23 December 2024

Some planning documents unavailable

We're currently experiencing an issue with our website where some of our planning documents are unavailable.

If you need a planning document that's currently not available from our website, please email planning@lewisham.gov.uk for a copy.

You can appeal online or find out more using the Planning Portal.

You can make an appeal for the following types of application:

householder
major application
enforcement
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listed building
lawful development certificate.

The planning appeals process

If you make a planning appeal, the appeal will be looked at by an independent Planning Inspector appointed by the Secretary of State.

The appeal can be decided in three ways:

Appeal for non-determination

New changes to validation requirements mean that where a Local Authority persists in refusing to validate a planning application on the grounds of purportedly insufficient information requested under the provisions of Section 62 (3) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, the applicant has the right to make an appeal.

Please note that appealing against non-determination should be the last resort, after negotiations with us.

Published on: 06/03/2023