01Lewisham, London
Listed building consent drawings in Lewisham
In Lewisham, listing reaches further than the front door. The council says consent covers inside and outside works, fixtures, and what it calls curtilage structures pre-1 July 1948. We survey and draw each of those, so your application shows everything the listing catches.
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02The brief
What a Lewisham listing can catch
The council's guidance covers three things people overlook: the inside of the building, fixtures fixed to it and walls and outbuildings in its grounds, which the council frames as curtilage structures pre-1 July 1948. Doing work to any of them without consent is an offence.
National rules add a related point for garden buildings: Garden buildings within the curtilage of a listed building are not permitted development. A shed or garden room beside a listed house therefore starts with a heritage question, not a permitted development one.
03The record
Local figures for Lewisham
| Measure | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consent covers inside and outside works, fixtures and curtilage structures predating July 1948; unauthorised works are an offence | curtilage structures pre-1 July 1948 | No period | lewisham.gov.uk, Listed buildings, council web page (undated), web page and FAQ |
| Class E, para E.1(g) | Garden buildings within the curtilage of a listed building are not permitted development | No period | legislation.gov.uk |
| Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 s9(1), s9(4) | Works without consent: up to 6 months' imprisonment or a fine on summary conviction; up to 2 years or a fine on indictment | No period | legislation.gov.uk |
| Concessions: application types with no current fee - Listed Building Consent | 0 GBP | No period | ribblevalley.gov.uk |
| Listed building entries | 367 list entries (Historic England, within the LPA boundary) | No period | planning.data.gov.uk |
| Grade I listed entries | 2 list entries | No period | planning.data.gov.uk |
| World Heritage Sites | 1 World Heritage Sites intersecting the LPA boundary | No period | planning.data.gov.uk |
| Conservation areas | 30 named conservation areas published by the council | No period | planning.data.gov.uk |
| Article 4 directions | 57 Article 4 directions published by the council | No period | planning.data.gov.uk |
| Listed building consent decisions (PS2) | 26 listed building consent decisions (to alter or extend) | 2025 Q2 to 2026 Q1 (1 Apr 2025 to 31 Mar 2026) | assets.publishing.service.gov.uk |
| Listed building consents granted (PS2) | 92.3 % granted | 2025 Q2 to 2026 Q1 (1 Apr 2025 to 31 Mar 2026) | assets.publishing.service.gov.uk |
A blank value means the figure has not been published, not that there are none. Check your own address with the council.
04The drawing
The listed building consent route
How works to a listed building are consented, from the first survey to the decision.
- A What the council weighs
- Proposals affecting heritage assets need an assessment of significance (including setting) proportionate to the asset's importance
- B The weight given to conservation
- Substantial weight to the conservation of designated heritage assets
- C Lewisham: consents decided
- 26 listed building consent decisions (to alter or extend)
- D Lewisham: consents granted
- 92.3 % granted
- E Works without consent
- Works without consent: up to 6 months' imprisonment or a fine on summary conviction; up to 2 years or a fine on indictment
05The detail
Three layers on one address
Lewisham's part of the national list runs to 367 entries, only 2 of them Grade I, with 30 at Grade II* and 333 at Grade II. 1 World Heritage Site, Greenwich's, touches the boundary, and the borough also has 1 scheduled monument and 3 registered parks and gardens.
Alongside the list sit 30 conservation areas and 57 Article 4 directions covering 89 mapped areas. An address can therefore be listed, in a conservation area and under an Article 4 direction at once, and 21 entries are on the Heritage at Risk Register. We check all three in the free constraints check.
Recent decisions, kept in proportion
In the latest published year the council decided 26 applications to alter or extend a listed building and granted 92.3% of them. A figure drawn from so few cases shows how decisions have gone, not how yours will.
Works without consent: up to 6 months' imprisonment or a fine on summary conviction; up to 2 years or a fine on indictment. Our sheets name every fixture and curtilage structure the application touches, which keeps the officer's questions short; if changes are still asked for, revising the drawings costs you nothing more until approval. The consent application itself is free at the council.
Linked applications for the same house
Consent for the listed fabric does not replace planning permission. For a loft, read mansard roof drawings in Lewisham; for a lower floor, basement conversion drawings in Lewisham.
The national process for a listed house is in the listed building consent drawings hub, and the areas index shows the neighbourhoods we cover in detail.
06The papers
What the drawings rest on
Architectural design
07Correspondence
Questions
Do garden structures at a listed Lewisham house need consent?
They can. The council's guidance covers structures in the grounds, and national rules say garden buildings within the curtilage are not permitted development.
Does the World Heritage Site affect my house?
It touches the borough boundary, so we check whether your address falls inside it as part of the free constraints check.
Is there a council fee for listed building consent?
No. The national fee table lists no charge for the consent. A planning application made with it carries its own fee.
What does your drawing work cost?
A fixed quote after a free constraints check, because it depends on how many rooms, fixtures and elevations the proposal touches.
92.3%
granted
Listed building consents granted (PS2), Lewisham, 2025 Q2 to 2026 Q1 (1 Apr 2025 to 31 Mar 2026). Source: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
08Further reading
Related pages
Other services in Lewisham
09Sources
Sources and dates
- lewisham.gov.uk, retrieved
- legislation.gov.uk, retrieved
- legislation.gov.uk, retrieved
- ribblevalley.gov.uk, retrieved
- planning.data.gov.uk, retrieved
- planning.data.gov.uk, retrieved
- planning.data.gov.uk, retrieved
- planning.data.gov.uk, retrieved
- assets.publishing.service.gov.uk, retrieved
- planning.data.gov.uk, retrieved
- planning.data.gov.uk, retrieved
- planning.data.gov.uk, retrieved
- planning.data.gov.uk, retrieved
- gov.uk, retrieved
Licences
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
- Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Send us the address of your house.
We look up the conservation area, listing and Article 4 position, then reply with a fixed fee. A message before 3pm is answered the same working day.