Ward · London Borough of Camden
Caversham (pre 2002).
Caversham (pre 2002) sees an approval rate of 74% — 10 points below the Camden average across 437 substantive planning decisions, with a refusal rate of 25.5%.[1]
Camden437 applications
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ShowingAll years · subscriber →across all years on record — a period re-scopes the headline figures and the trend
437
Applications 1996–02
Decided applications
74%
Approval rate
10pp below borough avg (85%)
25.5%
Refusal rate
10th highest of 64
8.7
Avg decision time
Wks · borough avg 9.2
Data from publicly available Camden planning records and committee minutes, 1996–02.
Ward overview
Caversham (pre 2002) recorded 437 substantive planning decisions over 1996–02, approving 74% of them — 10 percentage points below the Camden borough average of 85%. Its refusal rate of 25.5% is 10th highest of 64.
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 Camden planning register and published decision notices, 1996–02. · 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.