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Lambeth

London · E09000022 · 189 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q2)

Decisions
1,793
2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Refusal rate
21.2%
higher than 91% of authorities
Majors in time
100.0%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
90.5%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
94.1%
no formal threshold
Delegated
97.9%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
31.3%
184 allowed of 588 decided
Decisions overturned
1.9%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q3 → 2026 Q2 · peak 34.8%

Official statistics — is development moving through the system?

MHCLG quarterly planning returns (PS1/PS2), last 4 quarters 2025 Q3 to 2026 Q2, and the government's latest Housing Delivery Test. These are the authority's own statutory returns, not our scrape.

Applications received
1,783
in the window
Applications decided
1,793
in the window
Approval rate
78.8%
1,412 granted, 381 refused · national median refusal 11.6%
Refusal rate rank 21 of 33 London boroughs (1 = fewest refusals) · peer median 17.0%
Decided within time
91.4%
rank 154 of 307 reporting authorities · national median 91.4%
Rank 16 of 33 London boroughs · peer median 91.0%

Peer ranks compare only London boroughs with more than 50 decisions in the window, the same floor as the national rank. A rank among peers is the fairer read: types of authority carry very different caseloads.

Performance by development type
TypeDecisionsApprovedIn time
Major3387.9%100.0%
Minor74879.9%90.5%
Other1,01277.6%—
of which householder59583.4%94.1%
"In time" = within the statutory period or an agreed extension, excluding prior approvals. "Other" covers everything that is neither major nor minor; householder figures are measured against the 8-week period.
Applications through the system
Last 8 quarters held
02595182024 Q3: 421 received2024 Q3: 402 decided2024 Q32024 Q4: 462 received2024 Q4: 378 decided2025 Q1: 487 received2025 Q1: 394 decided2025 Q2: 518 received2025 Q2: 444 decided2025 Q3: 447 received2025 Q3: 438 decided2025 Q4: 475 received2025 Q4: 449 decided2026 Q1: 479 received2026 Q1: 453 decided2026 Q2: 382 received2026 Q2: 453 decided2026 Q2
▬ received   ▬ decided
Housing Delivery Test
HDT 2025 measurement, homes delivered against requirement over 2022/23 to 2024/25
39%
Presumption

Delivery below 75%: the NPPF presumption in favour of sustainable development applies to housing applications here. A material point for any housing proposal.

Where these figures come from. Each dataset below is the publisher's own file, loaded unchanged; rows are matched to this authority by its ONS code (E09000022). Missing values are shown as "—" and are never estimated or filled from another period.
DatasetPublisherCovers this authorityLoadedOfficial source
Planning application decisions (PS2)MHCLG1979 Q2 to 2026 Q2 (189 quarters)18 Oct 2026 · 68,583 rows nationallyLive tables
Planning application flow (PS1)MHCLG1979 Q2 to 2026 Q2 (189 quarters)18 Oct 2026 · 42,861 rows nationallyLive tables
Housing Delivery Test 2025MHCLG2022/23 to 2024/2518 Aug 2026Measurement
Open Government Licence v3.0. The MHCLG tables are reloaded every Sunday; the loaded date is the last successful run.

Quarterly history

QuarterDecisions GrantedRefused Refusal %Majors in time Minors in timeReceived
2026 Q2 453 362 91 20.1% 100.0% 82.8% 382
2026 Q1 453 335 118 26.0% 100.0% 87.5% 479
2025 Q4 449 372 77 17.1% — 94.9% 475
2025 Q3 438 343 95 21.7% 100.0% 94.8% 447
2025 Q2 444 338 106 23.9% 100.0% 91.7% 518
2025 Q1 394 325 69 17.5% 100.0% 98.0% 487
2024 Q4 378 290 88 23.3% 100.0% 94.0% 462
2024 Q3 402 306 96 23.9% 100.0% 89.4% 421
2024 Q2 421 352 69 16.4% 100.0% 93.7% 388
2024 Q1 409 294 115 28.1% 100.0% 94.6% 437
2023 Q4 372 278 94 25.3% 100.0% 96.5% 415
2023 Q3 509 340 169 33.2% 100.0% 90.4% 456
2023 Q2 470 309 161 34.3% 100.0% 87.9% 488
2023 Q1 430 312 118 27.4% 100.0% 94.3% 555
2022 Q4 538 389 149 27.7% 100.0% 87.3% 474
2022 Q3 500 387 113 22.6% 100.0% 91.1% 544
2022 Q2 520 397 123 23.7% 100.0% 85.5% 518
2022 Q1 383 287 96 25.1% 100.0% 83.5% 550
2021 Q4 514 421 93 18.1% 100.0% 92.7% 541
2021 Q3 535 458 77 14.4% 0.0% 97.5% 573
2021 Q2 509 432 77 15.1% 100.0% 92.8% 514
2021 Q1 470 408 62 13.2% — 98.2% 595
2020 Q4 487 384 103 21.1% 100.0% 92.9% 537
2020 Q3 471 387 84 17.8% 100.0% 98.7% 493
2020 Q2 472 364 108 22.9% — 98.0% 489
2020 Q1 433 333 100 23.1% — 100.0% 532
2019 Q4 482 376 106 22.0% 100.0% 97.3% 476
2019 Q3 486 374 112 23.0% — 93.3% 569
2019 Q2 516 399 117 22.7% 100.0% 92.0% 514
2019 Q1 463 372 91 19.7% 100.0% 93.4% 532
2018 Q4 557 433 124 22.3% 80.0% 89.7% 547
2018 Q3 516 393 123 23.8% — 80.8% 521
2018 Q2 524 391 133 25.4% 100.0% 85.1% 555
2018 Q1 655 478 177 27.0% — 88.5% 613
2017 Q4 707 505 202 28.6% 100.0% 90.4% 791
2017 Q3 610 428 182 29.8% 66.7% 85.8% 637
2017 Q2 673 439 234 34.8% 100.0% 90.3% 671
2017 Q1 608 433 175 28.8% 100.0% 93.0% 867
2016 Q4 663 460 203 30.6% 100.0% 88.1% 802
2016 Q3 782 568 214 27.4% 75.0% 89.3% 914
2016 Q2 775 550 225 29.0% 100.0% 87.9% 956
2016 Q1 619 447 172 27.8% 75.0% 84.9% 970
2015 Q4 667 471 196 29.4% 100.0% 83.9% 921
2015 Q3 671 476 195 29.1% 100.0% 80.7% 899
2015 Q2 681 498 183 26.9% 100.0% 75.8% 860
2015 Q1 528 373 155 29.4% 83.3% 69.5% 899
2014 Q4 823 651 172 20.9% 83.3% 71.5% 770
2014 Q3 679 489 190 28.0% 100.0% 56.1% 1,052
2014 Q2 629 477 152 24.2% 66.7% 68.6% 829
2014 Q1 635 415 115 18.1% 70.0% 67.0% 861
2013 Q4 753 500 148 19.7% 78.6% 71.3% 742
2013 Q3 772 492 164 21.2% 60.0% 71.7% 839
2013 Q2 632 401 130 20.6% 60.0% 71.2% 743
2013 Q1 505 331 109 21.6% 37.5% 81.1% 637
2012 Q4 636 463 94 14.8% 66.7% 73.3% 648
2012 Q3 582 395 122 21.0% 35.3% 69.7% 591
2012 Q2 636 411 123 19.3% 7.7% 43.8% 621
2012 Q1 599 409 97 16.2% 0.0% 26.7% 627
2011 Q4 515 360 83 16.1% 20.0% 41.9% 560
2011 Q3 460 287 94 20.4% 42.1% 62.9% 496
2011 Q2 512 305 126 24.6% 62.5% 81.0% 619
2011 Q1 512 305 126 24.6% 62.5% 81.0% 619
2010 Q4 590 362 147 24.9% 83.3% 87.1% 560
2010 Q3 601 369 148 24.6% 77.8% 84.5% 654
2010 Q2 544 316 145 26.7% 100.0% 93.1% 586
2010 Q1 439 238 136 31.0% 92.3% 86.0% 579
2009 Q4 534 295 150 28.1% 92.9% 91.4% 556
2009 Q3 563 293 191 33.9% 89.5% 92.1% 573
2009 Q2 521 227 198 38.0% 100.0% 93.0% 599
2009 Q1 470 220 184 39.1% 100.0% 89.7% 539
2008 Q4 519 259 196 37.8% 89.7% 82.6% 495
2008 Q3 669 312 239 35.7% 94.7% 90.2% 607
2008 Q2 730 352 247 33.8% 94.4% 83.6% 775
2008 Q1 643 325 186 28.9% 77.8% 83.2% 902
2007 Q4 754 434 181 24.0% 88.2% 84.9% 915
2007 Q3 769 394 195 25.4% 66.7% 81.9% 978
2007 Q2 788 402 180 22.8% 66.7% 78.5% 935
2007 Q1 721 330 177 24.5% 55.6% 70.4% 975
2006 Q4 769 306 188 24.4% 57.7% 74.4% 831
2006 Q3 801 339 173 21.6% 70.0% 73.2% 816
2006 Q2 797 363 169 21.2% 48.1% 75.7% 854
2006 Q1 592 276 112 18.9% 57.9% 67.9% 856
2005 Q4 639 292 130 20.3% 52.6% 66.3% 738
2005 Q3 747 312 169 22.6% 42.9% 81.5% 841
2005 Q2 722 329 171 23.7% 54.8% 78.0% 796
2005 Q1 585 246 144 24.6% 53.8% 81.5% 818
2004 Q4 749 372 149 19.9% 60.0% 66.2% 681
2004 Q3 726 327 159 21.9% 41.2% 68.3% 771
2004 Q2 663 351 165 24.9% 44.4% 73.2% 781
2004 Q1 638 332 130 20.4% 39.1% 70.1% 806
2003 Q4 608 320 149 24.5% 31.0% 74.0% 710
2003 Q3 754 377 198 26.3% 46.2% 71.4% 728
2003 Q2 607 339 121 19.9% 35.7% 34.4% 743
2003 Q1 533 253 167 31.3% 22.7% 40.1% 703
2002 Q4 561 323 131 23.4% 52.6% 46.5% 741
2002 Q3 610 326 147 24.1% 25.9% 43.9% 757
2002 Q2 619 349 120 19.4% 66.7% 42.9% 723
2002 Q1 547 331 101 18.5% 56.1% 40.7% 611
2001 Q4 540 323 120 22.2% 44.7% 44.5% 597
2001 Q3 573 374 107 18.7% 46.4% 38.5% 638
2001 Q2 495 314 121 24.4% 42.1% 23.7% 538
2001 Q1 505 317 97 19.2% 36.8% 29.7% 628
2000 Q4 453 297 79 17.4% 12.5% 32.6% 450
2000 Q3 577 377 79 13.7% 31.6% 33.3% 639
2000 Q2 439 303 46 10.5% 35.3% 27.4% 672
2000 Q1 475 357 45 9.5% 29.6% 22.0% 684
1999 Q4 412 313 44 10.7% 31.0% 23.7% 519
1999 Q3 455 351 61 13.4% 55.3% 27.7% 545
1999 Q2 405 326 34 8.4% 31.6% 36.1% 623
1999 Q1 412 301 39 9.5% 24.0% 30.7% 483
1998 Q4 581 427 56 9.6% 25.6% 24.5% 493
1998 Q3 501 330 32 6.4% 30.0% 17.1% 492
1998 Q2 405 320 29 7.2% 28.0% 22.0% 605
1998 Q1 290 214 28 9.7% 16.7% 14.1% 422
1997 Q4 257 212 13 5.1% 31.3% 16.7% 300
1997 Q3 303 239 29 9.6% 29.4% 24.8% 381
1997 Q2 366 306 41 11.2% 38.5% 21.0% 406
1997 Q1 320 257 28 8.8% 100.0% 37.0% 411
1996 Q4 319 236 38 11.9% 100.0% 27.3% 557
1996 Q3 296 224 30 10.1% 0.0% 37.7% 342
1996 Q2 376 280 40 10.6% 100.0% 60.5% 439
1996 Q1 172 150 22 12.8% 0.0% 23.3% —
1995 Q4 225 191 34 15.1% 0.0% 29.7% —
1995 Q3 266 236 30 11.3% 35.3% 34.5% —
1995 Q2 248 221 27 10.9% 75.0% 21.9% —
1995 Q1 216 187 29 13.4% — 27.7% —
1994 Q4 258 225 33 12.8% 0.0% 28.3% —
1994 Q3 237 194 43 18.1% 100.0% 32.2% —
1994 Q2 265 214 51 19.2% 0.0% 32.6% —
1994 Q1 248 212 36 14.5% 100.0% 44.6% —
1993 Q4 218 181 37 17.0% 60.0% 51.2% —
1993 Q3 259 213 46 17.8% 25.0% 51.5% —
1993 Q2 261 201 60 23.0% 75.0% 44.8% —
1993 Q1 226 187 39 17.3% 100.0% 52.7% —
1992 Q4 301 252 49 16.3% 71.4% 58.9% —
1992 Q3 271 214 57 21.0% 60.0% 55.2% —
1992 Q2 335 268 67 20.0% 85.7% 42.9% —
1992 Q1 302 218 84 27.8% 22.2% 32.7% —
1991 Q4 329 243 86 26.1% 60.0% 40.7% —
1991 Q3 300 233 67 22.3% 50.0% 30.6% —
1991 Q2 367 294 73 19.9% 20.0% 19.1% —
1991 Q1 321 229 92 28.7% 50.0% 13.5% —
1990 Q4 353 264 89 25.2% 53.8% 22.7% —
1990 Q3 337 243 94 27.9% 31.3% 16.7% —
1990 Q2 343 280 63 18.4% 0.0% 20.4% —
1990 Q1 360 266 94 26.1% 71.4% 17.9% —
1989 Q4 387 291 96 24.8% 27.3% 11.2% —
1989 Q3 331 242 89 26.9% 53.3% 15.2% —
1989 Q2 392 292 100 25.5% 53.8% 13.1% —
1989 Q1 330 241 89 27.0% 58.3% 30.1% —
1988 Q4 355 261 94 26.5% 33.3% 30.4% —
1988 Q3 435 340 95 21.8% 50.0% 36.1% —
1988 Q2 138 110 28 20.3% 100.0% 44.4% —
1988 Q1 68 58 10 14.7% 100.0% 30.0% —
1987 Q4 326 256 70 21.5% 100.0% 47.7% —
1987 Q3 382 299 83 21.7% 50.0% 34.9% —
1987 Q2 302 243 59 19.5% 80.0% 38.8% —
1987 Q1 116 100 16 13.8% 100.0% 45.8% —
1986 Q4 324 258 66 20.4% 100.0% 45.7% —
1986 Q3 311 229 82 26.4% 100.0% 45.9% —
1986 Q2 314 269 45 14.3% 100.0% 39.4% —
1986 Q1 178 144 34 19.1% 100.0% 41.9% —
1985 Q4 251 211 40 15.9% 72.0% 53.8% —
1985 Q3 322 257 65 20.2% 83.3% 50.6% —
1985 Q2 315 263 52 16.5% 66.7% 52.4% —
1985 Q1 245 195 50 20.4% 66.7% 36.1% —
1984 Q4 231 199 32 13.9% 96.8% 56.3% —
1984 Q3 265 228 37 14.0% 82.1% 47.4% —
1984 Q2 173 142 31 17.9% 77.8% 51.7% —
1984 Q1 0 0 0 — — — —
1983 Q4 0 0 0 — — — —
1983 Q3 0 0 0 — — — —
1983 Q2 0 0 0 — — — —
1983 Q1 0 0 0 — — — —
1982 Q4 0 0 0 — — — —
1982 Q3 0 0 0 — — — —
1982 Q2 0 0 0 — — — —
1982 Q1 0 0 0 — — — —
1981 Q4 0 0 0 — — — —
1981 Q3 0 0 0 — — — —
1981 Q2 0 0 0 — — — —
1981 Q1 0 0 0 — — — —
1980 Q4 0 0 0 — — — —
1980 Q3 0 0 0 — — — —
1980 Q2 0 0 0 — — — —
1980 Q1 0 0 0 — — — —
1979 Q4 0 0 0 — — — —
1979 Q3 0 0 0 — — — —
1979 Q2 0 0 0 — — — —

Decisions and speed: MHCLG planning application statistics (PS1/PS2), Open Government Licence v3.0, 2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2. Speed figures exclude prior approvals and are measured against the statutory period or agreed extension. Appeal figures: our aggregation of published Planning Inspectorate decisions, 2021–2026 — a different period from the decision figures above. Designation thresholds shown are indicative, not official.

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