Basement approval rate in Lewisham
Lewisham approved 82.5% of basement applications, based on 1,251 decisions analysed.
Last updated: September 2026
82.5%
basement approval rate
1,251
Basement decisions
1,032
Approved
219
Refused
82.4%
Lewisham overall
Basement applications are approved at roughly the same rate as the Lewisham average (82.4%).
How basement compares in Lewisham
Basement
82.5%
Lewisham all applications
82.4%
Planning a basement in Lewisham?
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Other project types in Lewisham
75.7%
83.0%
83.7%
84.1%
79.3%
81.6%
75.9%
82.4%
83.1%
61.3%
85.1%
83.6%
88.8%
69.9%
61.5%