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Cheap sees an approval rate of 99%1 points above the City Of London average across 263 substantive planning decisions, with a refusal rate of 0.8%.[1]

City Of London263 applications
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All years · subscriber →across all years on record — a period re-scopes the headline figures and the trend
263
Applications 2004–26
Decided applications
99%
Approval rate
1pp above borough avg (98%)
0.8%
Refusal rate
17th highest of 26
8.7
Avg decision time
Wks · borough avg 9.2
Data from publicly available City Of London planning records and committee minutes, 2004–26.
Ward overview

Cheap recorded 263 substantive planning decisions over 2004–26, approving 99% of them — 1 percentage points above the City Of London borough average of 98%. Its refusal rate of 0.8% is 17th highest of 26.

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]
WardCheap
Applications263 (2004–26)
Approval rate99%
Refusal rate0.8%
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 City Of London planning register and published decision notices, 2004–26. · 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.