Basement approval rate in Lambeth
Lambeth approved 84.6% of basement applications, based on 3,532 decisions analysed.
Last updated: September 2026
84.6%
basement approval rate
3,532
Basement decisions
2,989
Approved
543
Refused
82.9%
Lambeth overall
Basement applications are approved at roughly the same rate as the Lambeth average (82.9%).
How basement compares in Lambeth
Basement
84.6%
Lambeth all applications
82.9%
Planning a basement in Lambeth?
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Other project types in Lambeth
82.2%
87.3%
78.0%
81.2%
89.2%
85.2%
85.0%
85.3%
84.2%
77.3%
83.2%
87.6%
63.6%
76.4%
78.1%