Ward · London Borough of Bexley
CRAY MEADOWS (HISTORIC 2018).
CRAY MEADOWS (HISTORIC 2018) sees an approval rate of 80% — 3 points below the Bexley average across 1,637 substantive planning decisions, with a refusal rate of 20.0%.[1]
Bexley1,637 applications
Postcodes (centres) shaded by approval rate · click one to open it
ShowingAll years · subscriber →across all years on record — a period re-scopes the headline figures and the trend
1,637
Applications 1996–d
Decided applications
80%
Approval rate
3pp below borough avg (83%)
20.0%
Refusal rate
4th highest of 44
8.7
Avg decision time
Wks · borough avg 9.2
Data from publicly available Bexley planning records and committee minutes, 1996–d .
Ward overview
CRAY MEADOWS (HISTORIC 2018) recorded 1,637 substantive planning decisions over 1996–d , approving 80% of them — 3 percentage points below the Bexley borough average of 83%. Its refusal rate of 20.0% is 4th highest of 44.
Application and refusal breakdown— subscriber data
Residential extension / alteration
New residential
Change of use
Commercial development
Recent planning decisions— subscriber data
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.
Who decides here
At a glance[1]
WardCRAY MEADOWS (HISTORIC 2018)
CouncilBexley
Applications1,637 (1996–d )
Approval rate80%
Refusal rate20.0%
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]Ward approval and refusal rates, application counts and decision-time figures — London Borough of Bexley planning register and published decision notices, 1996–d . · methodology
- [2]Conservation areas, Article 4 directions and heritage designations — the borough’s adopted Local Plan and conservation-area appraisals.
- [3]Committee interventions and councillor records — public planning committee minutes and published decision notices.
- [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.