Ward · London Borough of Brent
Harlesden & Kensal Green.
Harlesden & Kensal Green sees an approval rate of 79% — 9 points above the Brent average across 1,070 substantive planning decisions, with a refusal rate of 21.3%.[1]
Brent1,070 applications
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ShowingAll years · subscriber →across all years on record — a period re-scopes the headline figures and the trend
1,070
Applications 1996–26
Decided applications
79%
Approval rate
9pp above borough avg (70%)
21.3%
Refusal rate
24th highest of 27
8.7
Avg decision time
Wks · borough avg 9.2
Data from publicly available Brent planning records and committee minutes, 1996–26.
Ward overview
Harlesden & Kensal Green recorded 1,070 substantive planning decisions over 1996–26, approving 79% of them — 9 percentage points above the Brent borough average of 70%. Its refusal rate of 21.3% is 24th highest of 27.
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.
Sources & method
- [1]Ward approval and refusal rates, application counts and decision-time figures — London Borough of Brent planning register and published decision notices, 1996–26. · 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.