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Lewisham

London · E09000023 · 188 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q1)

Decisions
1,303
2025 Q2 – 2026 Q1
Refusal rate
15.9%
higher than 74% of authorities
Majors in time
100.0%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
94.2%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
95.0%
no formal threshold
Delegated
97.1%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
26.0%
124 allowed of 477 decided
Decisions overturned
1.5%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q2 → 2026 Q1 · peak 30.9%

Quarterly history

QuarterDecisions GrantedRefused Refusal %Majors in time Minors in timeReceived
2026 Q1 246 209 37 15.0% — 93.8% 344
2025 Q4 331 266 65 19.6% — 98.7% 309
2025 Q3 334 284 50 15.0% — 91.6% 321
2025 Q2 392 337 55 14.0% 100.0% 93.4% 355
2025 Q1 322 280 42 13.0% 100.0% 96.2% 370
2024 Q4 374 325 49 13.1% — 97.5% 403
2024 Q3 414 375 39 9.4% 100.0% 86.0% 360
2024 Q2 362 300 62 17.1% 100.0% 92.1% 411
2024 Q1 306 253 53 17.3% — 87.3% 330
2023 Q4 365 278 87 23.8% — 93.1% 377
2023 Q3 367 294 73 19.9% 100.0% 97.3% 378
2023 Q2 451 355 96 21.3% 100.0% 91.0% 450
2023 Q1 460 339 121 26.3% 100.0% 89.8% 451
2022 Q4 463 357 106 22.9% — 95.2% 464
2022 Q3 444 343 101 22.7% 100.0% 91.6% 551
2022 Q2 534 437 97 18.2% 100.0% 91.4% 517
2022 Q1 439 331 108 24.6% 100.0% 91.7% 534
2021 Q4 390 286 104 26.7% — 90.8% 489
2021 Q3 527 406 121 23.0% — 95.3% 464
2021 Q2 503 393 110 21.9% 100.0% 92.9% 559
2021 Q1 409 311 98 24.0% — 95.3% 528
2020 Q4 443 319 124 28.0% 100.0% 94.3% 435
2020 Q3 352 265 87 24.7% 100.0% 94.9% 431
2020 Q2 360 265 95 26.4% — 93.3% 373
2020 Q1 420 337 83 19.8% 100.0% 94.8% 419
2019 Q4 430 370 60 14.0% 75.0% 94.4% 433
2019 Q3 497 428 69 13.9% — 89.8% 492
2019 Q2 556 447 109 19.6% 100.0% 94.8% 582
2019 Q1 373 294 79 21.2% 100.0% 91.0% 608
2018 Q4 521 399 122 23.4% — 87.2% 387
2018 Q3 442 343 99 22.4% 100.0% 85.7% 505
2018 Q2 465 368 97 20.9% — 89.6% 504
2018 Q1 503 371 132 26.2% 100.0% 93.4% 537
2017 Q4 506 359 147 29.1% 100.0% 92.4% 562
2017 Q3 489 338 151 30.9% 100.0% 89.7% 595
2017 Q2 548 431 117 21.4% 100.0% 89.7% 565
2017 Q1 443 340 103 23.3% 100.0% 86.9% 520
2016 Q4 499 389 110 22.0% 100.0% 91.6% 472
2016 Q3 531 384 147 27.7% 0.0% 85.9% 534
2016 Q2 434 311 123 28.3% 75.0% 81.5% 552
2016 Q1 543 429 114 21.0% — 89.0% 488
2015 Q4 467 367 100 21.4% 100.0% 83.9% 525
2015 Q3 590 497 93 15.8% 100.0% 70.1% 527
2015 Q2 373 318 55 14.7% 75.0% 39.0% 598
2015 Q1 418 342 76 18.2% 100.0% 58.1% 596
2014 Q4 400 318 82 20.5% 100.0% 67.8% 598
2014 Q3 502 419 83 16.5% 0.0% 76.2% 647
2014 Q2 487 402 85 17.5% 0.0% 84.6% 662
2014 Q1 496 367 53 10.7% 75.0% 83.0% 616
2013 Q4 483 357 65 13.5% 66.7% 78.5% 526
2013 Q3 468 325 71 15.2% — 81.1% 458
2013 Q2 406 272 77 19.0% 71.4% 82.4% 539
2013 Q1 338 228 64 18.9% 60.0% 66.9% 379
2012 Q4 395 271 70 17.7% 33.3% 75.4% 338
2012 Q3 436 304 78 17.9% 0.0% 73.5% 448
2012 Q2 363 234 66 18.2% 0.0% 67.9% 441
2012 Q1 361 269 56 15.5% 10.5% 63.8% 374
2011 Q4 294 196 40 13.6% 33.3% 62.0% 334
2011 Q3 340 235 44 12.9% 40.0% 58.3% 336
2011 Q2 360 261 51 14.2% 50.0% 58.5% 400
2011 Q1 337 231 53 15.7% 20.0% 61.3% 367
2010 Q4 382 282 50 13.1% 33.3% 78.7% 358
2010 Q3 501 392 56 11.2% 78.6% 86.2% 483
2010 Q2 394 302 44 11.2% 80.0% 85.7% 550
2010 Q1 416 308 55 13.2% 66.7% 81.5% 402
2009 Q4 413 324 54 13.1% 61.5% 83.2% 449
2009 Q3 424 316 49 11.6% 60.0% 81.8% 445
2009 Q2 352 247 55 15.6% 33.3% 58.1% 393
2009 Q1 441 353 51 11.6% 62.5% 76.5% 447
2008 Q4 388 300 47 12.1% 40.0% 63.4% 403
2008 Q3 443 309 64 14.4% 60.0% 63.7% 464
2008 Q2 397 278 65 16.4% 60.0% 61.4% 427
2008 Q1 585 378 84 14.4% 76.9% 62.7% 580
2007 Q4 555 402 62 11.2% 35.3% 65.6% 594
2007 Q3 572 408 71 12.4% 53.8% 71.8% 712
2007 Q2 591 421 75 12.7% 36.4% 67.5% 640
2007 Q1 434 293 62 14.3% 33.3% 72.4% 629
2006 Q4 499 344 78 15.6% 50.0% 72.9% 513
2006 Q3 474 335 69 14.6% 50.0% 69.7% 567
2006 Q2 499 362 81 16.2% 45.5% 75.9% 662
2006 Q1 519 332 88 17.0% 53.3% 67.6% 538
2005 Q4 480 315 70 14.6% 45.5% 76.2% 495
2005 Q3 610 448 71 11.6% 45.5% 67.2% 517
2005 Q2 421 293 53 12.6% 81.3% 67.7% 577
2005 Q1 453 311 80 17.7% 62.5% 75.6% 540
2004 Q4 459 306 86 18.7% 33.3% 68.1% 562
2004 Q3 531 386 66 12.4% 66.7% 71.0% 563
2004 Q2 474 323 77 16.2% 16.7% 64.6% 528
2004 Q1 478 334 65 13.6% 50.0% 72.2% 494
2003 Q4 535 398 64 12.0% 61.8% 75.9% 545
2003 Q3 499 349 73 14.6% 83.3% 76.6% 656
2003 Q2 524 364 82 15.6% 50.0% 65.9% 508
2003 Q1 474 340 70 14.8% 56.3% 54.4% 541
2002 Q4 519 379 79 15.2% 60.0% 55.7% 500
2002 Q3 470 304 82 17.4% 50.0% 46.2% 500
2002 Q2 450 304 63 14.0% 0.0% 47.2% 525
2002 Q1 419 298 58 13.8% 61.5% 52.0% 437
2001 Q4 446 330 63 14.1% 36.4% 49.2% 437
2001 Q3 456 332 48 10.5% 33.3% 42.6% 481
2001 Q2 366 242 38 10.4% 55.6% 48.2% 412
2001 Q1 367 252 32 8.7% 60.0% 67.8% 464
2000 Q4 360 262 21 5.8% 80.0% 63.2% 405
2000 Q3 395 292 31 7.8% 88.9% 60.3% 487
2000 Q2 371 282 25 6.7% 85.7% 50.4% 412
2000 Q1 454 352 23 5.1% 50.0% 79.0% 465
1999 Q4 342 255 17 5.0% 100.0% 58.9% 571
1999 Q3 344 267 17 4.9% 100.0% 47.9% 0
1999 Q2 335 257 48 14.3% 44.4% 53.2% 0
1999 Q1 421 326 22 5.2% 50.0% 78.6% 281
1998 Q4 334 249 17 5.1% 100.0% 58.4% 328
1998 Q3 349 271 17 4.9% 100.0% 48.5% 361
1998 Q2 327 256 9 2.8% 0.0% 44.5% 488
1998 Q1 281 199 20 7.1% 100.0% 57.1% 503
1997 Q4 352 265 18 5.1% 0.0% 75.4% 320
1997 Q3 370 239 22 5.9% 20.0% 72.2% 506
1997 Q2 362 249 21 5.8% 100.0% 66.4% 484
1997 Q1 313 197 29 9.3% 50.0% 65.8% 336
1996 Q4 281 196 28 10.0% 83.3% 75.9% 266
1996 Q3 321 252 13 4.0% 75.0% 77.1% 335
1996 Q2 326 256 11 3.4% 100.0% 67.5% 405
1996 Q1 247 198 49 19.8% 57.9% 72.5% —
1995 Q4 249 203 46 18.5% 46.7% 45.9% —
1995 Q3 255 203 52 20.4% 41.7% 47.7% —
1995 Q2 274 222 52 19.0% 25.0% 47.2% —
1995 Q1 244 188 56 23.0% 33.3% 39.7% —
1994 Q4 240 207 33 13.8% 25.0% 32.1% —
1994 Q3 248 214 34 13.7% 63.6% 37.9% —
1994 Q2 234 184 50 21.4% 37.5% 38.7% —
1994 Q1 213 175 38 17.8% 0.0% 32.2% —
1993 Q4 268 214 54 20.1% 72.7% 35.5% —
1993 Q3 221 173 48 21.7% 50.0% 34.5% —
1993 Q2 204 159 45 22.1% 86.7% 25.9% —
1993 Q1 201 167 34 16.9% 53.8% 34.6% —
1992 Q4 185 137 48 25.9% 25.0% 36.2% —
1992 Q3 236 189 47 19.9% 33.3% 42.0% —
1992 Q2 236 185 51 21.6% 30.0% 38.2% —
1992 Q1 213 155 58 27.2% 66.7% 50.7% —
1991 Q4 252 171 81 32.1% 36.4% 57.4% —
1991 Q3 251 195 56 22.3% 60.0% 60.5% —
1991 Q2 237 193 44 18.6% 70.0% 61.0% —
1991 Q1 221 180 41 18.6% 57.1% 56.2% —
1990 Q4 256 200 56 21.9% 76.9% 52.2% —
1990 Q3 263 202 61 23.2% 28.6% 45.8% —
1990 Q2 334 269 65 19.5% 100.0% 49.6% —
1990 Q1 278 216 62 22.3% 69.2% 37.0% —
1989 Q4 395 316 79 20.0% 62.5% 28.5% —
1989 Q3 341 277 64 18.8% 81.8% 39.6% —
1989 Q2 404 308 96 23.8% 33.3% 24.6% —
1989 Q1 359 269 90 25.1% 50.0% 22.0% —
1988 Q4 362 263 99 27.3% 31.6% 7.5% —
1988 Q3 339 271 68 20.1% 44.4% 7.0% —
1988 Q2 311 237 74 23.8% 21.4% 22.0% —
1988 Q1 267 187 80 30.0% 43.8% 41.1% —
1987 Q4 284 230 54 19.0% 45.5% 59.0% —
1987 Q3 336 280 56 16.7% 50.0% 64.3% —
1987 Q2 379 328 51 13.5% 71.4% 68.3% —
1987 Q1 279 247 32 11.5% 92.9% 51.3% —
1986 Q4 340 262 78 22.9% 76.5% 65.0% —
1986 Q3 343 275 68 19.8% 76.9% 57.7% —
1986 Q2 333 280 53 15.9% 66.7% 57.0% —
1986 Q1 228 191 37 16.2% 81.8% 61.4% —
1985 Q4 294 245 49 16.7% 64.3% 73.6% —
1985 Q3 281 226 55 19.6% 50.0% 66.7% —
1985 Q2 293 249 44 15.0% 82.4% 67.9% —
1985 Q1 239 213 26 10.9% 33.3% 73.0% —
1984 Q4 238 208 30 12.6% 91.7% 73.6% —
1984 Q3 329 271 58 17.6% 85.7% 76.3% —
1984 Q2 316 274 42 13.3% 80.0% 81.7% —
1984 Q1 230 203 27 11.7% 65.0% 70.2% —
1983 Q4 282 240 42 14.9% 88.2% 83.5% —
1983 Q3 304 260 44 14.5% 46.7% 70.5% —
1983 Q2 265 226 39 14.7% 92.3% 77.8% —
1983 Q1 222 189 33 14.9% 69.2% 72.6% —
1982 Q4 223 191 32 14.3% 100.0% 70.4% —
1982 Q3 247 213 34 13.8% 83.3% 65.9% —
1982 Q2 249 215 34 13.7% 75.0% 65.9% —
1982 Q1 218 187 31 14.2% 66.7% 68.2% —
1981 Q4 223 191 32 14.3% 100.0% 72.0% —
1981 Q3 254 216 38 15.0% 71.4% 64.0% —
1981 Q2 349 289 60 17.2% 100.0% 61.3% —
1981 Q1 285 240 45 15.8% 85.7% 69.9% —
1980 Q4 285 239 46 16.1% 100.0% 68.3% —
1980 Q3 324 270 54 16.7% 77.8% 60.3% —
1980 Q2 347 293 54 15.6% 85.7% 59.1% —
1980 Q1 318 266 52 16.4% 100.0% 57.3% —
1979 Q4 323 272 51 15.8% 88.9% 59.6% —
1979 Q3 346 291 55 15.9% 87.5% 58.7% —
1979 Q2 328 279 49 14.9% 88.9% 55.7% —

Decisions and speed: MHCLG planning application statistics (PS1/PS2), Open Government Licence v3.0, 2025 Q2 – 2026 Q1. 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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