Basement approval rate in Brent
Brent approved 83.6% of basement applications, based on 1,503 decisions analysed.
Last updated: September 2026
83.6%
basement approval rate
1,503
Basement decisions
1,256
Approved
247
Refused
74.8%
Brent overall
Basement applications are approved more often than the Brent average (74.8%), suggesting the council is relatively receptive to these projects.
How basement compares in Brent
Basement
83.6%
Brent all applications
74.8%
Planning a basement in Brent?
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Other project types in Brent
72.6%
79.2%
75.5%
74.3%
73.3%
71.9%
75.4%
66.5%
78.8%
76.9%
78.2%
64.3%
44.5%
76.4%
48.6%