Local development scheme

Information about the timetable for preparing the Lewisham Local Plan.

Planning fees increasing

Planning fees are changing from 1 April 2025. Fees for planning applications will rise by 1.7%. A draft fee schedule is published on the Planning Portal. Other non-statutory planning fees will increase by an average of 2.7%.

The Local Development Scheme (LDS) sets out:

an outline of the Local Plan and the planning documents we propose to prepare
the timetable for the preparation of the various documents.

The latest version of the Local Development Scheme was approved by a decision of Mayor and Cabinet on 28 January 2025 and came into force on 11 February 2025. It replaces the previous LDS 2022.

Local Development Scheme January 2025

Pdf, 269KB

Previous versions of the Local Development Scheme can be read below.

Local Development Scheme December 2022

Pdf, 501.7KB

Local Development Scheme December 2020

Pdf, 664.7KB

Local Development Scheme 2018

Pdf, 442.6KB

Structure of planning document and policies 2018

Pdf, 281.6KB

Local Development Scheme programme 2018