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Lewisham
Lewisham approved 84.1% of the applications it decided, 2.9% below the England average.
Approved
84.1%
England 87%
Decided on time
94.4%
Inside the statutory period
Applications a year
1,329
Decided in the reporting year
Against the country
Harder than the average.
The England benchmark is 87%. It is the share of decided applications that were approved, so a withdrawal counts as neither. Source: MHCLG Live Table P120A (England, rolling 12-month).
Lewisham
84.1%
England
87%
Standard-method local housing need: 3,151 dwellings a year.
The rules here
What this authority decides against.
An application is judged against the adopted development plan unless material considerations say otherwise. This is that plan, and the levy that comes with it.
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What Wren does here
15.9% of applications here are refused.
Lewisham decided 1,329 applications in the reporting year, and refused about 15.9% of them. A refusal is usually a document problem rather than a scheme problem: the policy that governs it was not addressed, or the evidence it asks for was not there.
Wren drafts against Lewisham Local Plan, a chartered planner reads the draft and signs it under their own indemnity, and a case manager files it and chases it. A householder application is £499, and Lewisham's own statutory fee is separate and paid by you directly to them.