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BOSTALL (HISTORIC).

BOSTALL (HISTORIC) sees an approval rate of 90% — 7 points above the Bexley average across 251 substantive planning decisions, with a refusal rate of 9.7%.[1]

Bexley251 applications
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All years · subscriber →across all years on record — a period re-scopes the headline figures and the trend
251
Applications 1996–04
Decided applications
90%
Approval rate
7pp above borough avg (83%)
9.7%
Refusal rate
Lowest in Bexley
8.7
Avg decision time
Wks · borough avg 9.2
Data from publicly available Bexley planning records and committee minutes, 1996–04.
Ward overview

BOSTALL (HISTORIC) recorded 251 substantive planning decisions over 1996–04, approving 90% of them — 7 percentage points above the Bexley borough average of 83%. Its refusal rate of 9.7% is lowest in bexley.

Application and refusal breakdown— subscriber data
Residential extension / alteration
New residential
Change of use
Commercial development
Recent planning decisions— subscriber data
Reference
Address
Type
Outcome
Date
Committee members for this ward
Councillor
Party
Role
Interventions
Success rate
Cllr Mark Williams
Labour
Planning committee
23
47%
Cllr Emma Torres
Labour
Ward member
6
33%
Cllr Mark Williams
Labour
Planning committee
23
47%
Cllr Emma Torres
Labour
Ward member
6
33%

Interventions: formal calls to bring an application before committee. Success rate: percentage where the committee sided with the councillor against officer recommendation.

At a glance[1]
WardBOSTALL (HISTORIC)
CouncilBexley
Applications251 (1996–04)
Approval rate90%
Refusal rate9.7%
Decision time8.7 wks avg
Ward members2 (both Labour)
Planning constraints[2]
Conservation areas2
Article 4 directions2
Listed buildings17
TPO trees43
Flood zoneZone 1 (low)
Sources & method
  1. [1]Ward approval and refusal rates, application counts and decision-time figures — London Borough of Bexley planning register and published decision notices, 1996–04. · methodology
  2. [2]Conservation areas, Article 4 directions and heritage designations — the borough’s adopted Local Plan and conservation-area appraisals.
  3. [3]Committee interventions and councillor records — public planning committee minutes and published decision notices.
  4. [4]Application-type mix and refusal grounds — case-officer reports coded against the adopted Local Plan, London Plan and NPPF.
Methodology is published in full so every number is traceable to its primary source.