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Lewisham

In the last 12 months, 87.5% of householder applications were approved in Lewisham (160 decided). A typical householder decision takes about nine weeks (median 65 days).

Full planning applications: 81.7% approved (169 decided).

Across all application types on record (2023-01-06–2026-07-01): 84.7% of 7,198 decisions approved.

8,388Total applications
6,097Approved
1,101Refused
186Withdrawn
405Pending
84.7%Approval rate (all types)
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Decision Level
6,502Not Available
1,749Delegated
31Committee
4Chair's Review Meeting - Delegated
1Chair's Review Meeting - Committee
By Development Category
CategoryTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Householder 1,617 1,379 238
85.3%
Full Planning Application 1,442 1,166 276
80.9%
Tree Works (Conservation Area) 1,081 1,075 6
99.4%
Discharge of Conditions 963 784 179
81.4%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) 740 623 117
84.2%
Prior Approval (Other) 254 158 96
62.2%
Non-Material Amendment (S96a) 221 181 40
81.9%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing) 204 162 42
79.4%
Tree Works (TPO) 172 171 1
99.4%
Variation/Removal of Conditions (S73) 111 88 23
79.3%
Advertisement Consent 100 81 19
81.0%
Listed Building Consent 76 73 3
96.1%
Prior Approval (Class MA — Commercial to Residential) 73 41 32
56.2%
Dishcarge of Section 106 Conditions 60 58 2
96.7%
Telecommunications 30 12 18
40.0%
Prior Approval (Class AA — Upward Extension) 10 4 6
40.0%
Thames Tunnel Application 9 9 0
100.0%
Environmental Impact Assessment (Screening/Scoping) 7 7 0
100.0%
Variation of Legal Agreement 7 7 0
100.0%
Demolition 5 5 0
100.0%
Minor Commercial 4 3 1
75.0%
Rail Permitted Development 4 4 0
100.0%
Not Available 3 1 2
33.3%
Outline Planning 2 2 0
100.0%
Permission In Principle 2 2 0
100.0%
Uncategorised 1 1 0
100.0%
Quarterly Trend
QuarterDecidedApprovedApproval rate
2023-Q3 642 529
82.4%
2023-Q4 734 597
81.3%
2024-Q1 659 548
83.2%
2024-Q2 669 561
83.9%
2024-Q3 729 652
89.4%
2024-Q4 657 574
87.4%
2025-Q1 573 502
87.6%
2025-Q2 668 579
86.7%
2025-Q3 587 518
88.2%
2025-Q4 114 92
80.7%
2026-Q1 44 41
93.2%
2026-Q2 11 11
100.0%
2026-Q3 1 1
100.0%
By Ward
WardTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Brockley 655 594 61
90.7%
Blackheath 655 603 52
92.1%
Forest Hill 503 432 71
85.9%
Sydenham 483 394 89
81.6%
Telegraph Hill 474 419 55
88.4%
Ladywell 460 400 60
87.0%
Catford South 441 336 105
76.2%
Lee Green 414 357 57
86.2%
Perry Vale 413 354 59
85.7%
Crofton Park 381 327 54
85.8%
Rushey Green 356 281 75
78.9%
Hither Green 340 250 90
73.5%
Planning guides

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