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Lewisham

London · E09000023 · 189 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q2)

Decisions
1,256
2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Refusal rate
15.6%
higher than 72% of authorities
Majors in time
—
threshold 60%
Minors in time
94.9%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
95.2%
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 Q3 → 2026 Q2 · peak 30.9%

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
1,349
in the window
Applications decided
1,256
in the window
Approval rate
84.4%
1,060 granted, 196 refused · national median refusal 11.6%
Refusal rate rank 15 of 33 London boroughs (1 = fewest refusals) · peer median 17.0%
Decided within time
94.6%
rank 98 of 307 reporting authorities · national median 91.4%
Rank 9 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
Major1291.7%—
Minor53483.7%94.9%
Other71084.8%—
of which householder57889.4%95.2%
"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
02074142024 Q3: 360 received2024 Q3: 414 decided2024 Q32024 Q4: 403 received2024 Q4: 374 decided2025 Q1: 370 received2025 Q1: 322 decided2025 Q2: 355 received2025 Q2: 392 decided2025 Q3: 321 received2025 Q3: 334 decided2025 Q4: 309 received2025 Q4: 331 decided2026 Q1: 344 received2026 Q1: 246 decided2026 Q2: 375 received2026 Q2: 345 decided2026 Q2
▬ received   ▬ decided
Housing Delivery Test
HDT 2025 measurement, homes delivered against requirement over 2022/23 to 2024/25
65%
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 (E09000023). 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)25 Oct 2026 · 68,583 rows nationallyLive tables
Planning application flow (PS1)MHCLG1979 Q2 to 2026 Q2 (189 quarters)25 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 345 301 44 12.8% — 95.5% 375
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 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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