Croydon · Planning · Viability
What development costs here.
Croydon charges £205/m² residential CIL — 20th of 30 London boroughs; a consent here carries 5.7 conditions on average (6th heaviest of 19) and takes 11 weeks to decide (3rd slowest of 32). We hold 464 of its s106 agreements and 112 viability assessments — the deeds and the numbers, not a rate table.
- CIL: highest Kensington And Chelsea £1,132/m², lowest Bexley £91/m² · Croydon £205/m².
- Conditions: heaviest Hillingdon 7.9, lightest Westminster 3.3 per consent · Croydon 5.7.
- Decision time: slowest Camden 15 wks, fastest Barking And Dagenham 8 wks · Croydon 11 wks.
- s106 per agreement (deeds read so far, ≥10 per borough): highest Croydon £700k median, lowest Kingston Upon Thames £950 · Croydon £700k (24 read).
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At a glance · what it costs · Croydon vs London
£205/m²
CIL · residential
20th highest of 30
5.7
Conditions per consent
2,489 consents read · 6th heaviest of 19
11 wks
Decision time
median, 11,352 decisions · 3rd slowest of 32
464
s106 agreements on file
96 read · 24 with a £ total
112
Viability assessments on file
79 read · 48 say unviable
Community Infrastructure Levy · Croydon
The borough's charging schedule by zone and use, indexed where the council publishes an indexed figure, plus Mayoral CIL. Source: the council's CIL page.
Zone
Use
Borough CIL
Mayoral CIL
Verified
Rest of Boroughⓘ
residential
£205/m²
£25/m² (Band 3)
2026-04-20
Metropolitan Centreⓘ
residential
£0/m²
£25/m² (Band 3)
2026-04-20
Rest of Boroughⓘ
residential
£205/m²
£25/m² (Band 3)
2026-04-20
Metropolitan Centreⓘ
residential
£0/m²
£25/m² (Band 3)
2026-04-20
Conditions load · by application type
Average conditions attached to a consent, from the decision notices we have read (2,489 in Croydon), and how long each type takes from receipt to decision.
Type
Decided
Conditions
Weeks
Approved
Householder
6,164
5
9
79%
Full planning
4,267
7
14
52%
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406
—
10
83%
Variation of condition
341
—
13
75%
Outline
99
—
21
22%
Listed building
61
2.8
13
74%
Householder
6,164
5
9
79%
Full planning
4,267
7
14
52%
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406
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10
83%
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Variation of condition
341
—
13
75%
Outline
99
—
21
22%
Listed building
61
2.8
13
74%
Most common conditions: other (5,390) · approved drawings (2,441) · materials (2,340) · drainage flood (1,572) · highways parking (958) · ecology (385).
By year · conditions per consent and decision weeks
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2020
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2021
17.5
2022
5.2
2023
5.4
2024
5.6
2025
6.2
2026
9w
2020
10w
2021
13w
2022
11w
2023
11w
2024
11w
2025
12w
2026
What s106 costs here · from the deeds read so far
24 of the 464 agreements on file carry a pound total we have read: median £700k, mean £545k, largest £1.5m, £13m in total. Small undertakings dominate the median; the extraction is still running, so treat these as from the deeds read, not the borough total.
Median s106 total by decision year
£14k
2021
£39k
2022
£700k
2024
£700k
2025
£850k
2026
By scheme size · median s106 total
£507k
2–9 units
£700k
10–49 units
£700k
50–149 units
£700k
150+ units
Scheme size is the unit count parsed from the proposal; agreements without one are left out here.
What the deeds obligate here · 96 agreements read
Every obligation in the Croydon agreements we have read, grouped by what it is for — the money by type where a sum is stated, and how often each type appears at all (most obligations are unpriced: build this, provide that).
- Affordable housing£6.0m31 deeds
- Education£3.9m8 deeds
- Other£2.9m33 deeds
- Highways & road safety£914k22 deeds
- Health£560k9 deeds
- Community facilities£385k12 deeds
- Open space & play£158k17 deeds
- Carbon offset & energy£100k10 deeds
How often each obligation appears · Croydon vs London
| Monitoring & legal fees | 39% · London 47% | most: Merton 82% | |
| Other | 34% · London 40% | most: Brent 77% | |
| Affordable housing | 32% · London 29% | most: Southwark 69% | |
| Car club / permit-free | 26% · London 27% | most: Ealing 53% | |
| Highways & road safety | 23% · London 28% | most: Tower 62% | |
| Travel plan | 21% · London 12% | most: Greenwich 39% | |
| Open space & play | 18% · London 16% | most: Brent 46% | |
| Employment & training | 15% · London 14% | most: Greenwich 39% | |
| Community facilities | 13% · London 9% | most: Brent 38% | |
| Carbon offset & energy | 10% · London 25% | most: Greenwich 67% |
Red tick = London share across every deed read (2,311).
What you may be asked to pay for · Croydon
- Other · in 15 of 96 deeds · typically £200k“£200,000 towards local infrastructure”
- Affordable housing · in 13 of 96 deeds · typically £500k“Provide 50 affordable housing units”
- Community facilities · in 9 of 96 deeds · typically £50k“The Owner shall pay a financial contribution of £100,000 to the Council towards the provision of community facilities.”
- Education · in 8 of 96 deeds · typically £150k“The Owner shall provide a contribution of £20,000 towards the provision of educational facilities in the area.”
- Highways & road safety · in 7 of 96 deeds · typically £75k“Improve local highway network”
- Health · in 7 of 96 deeds · typically £100k“The Owner shall provide a contribution of £10,000 towards the provision of health facilities in the area.”
- Carbon offset & energy · in 3 of 96 deeds · typically £27k“Carbon offsetting contribution for 30-year CO2 offset”
- Monitoring & legal fees · in 2 of 96 deeds · typically £2k“Legal costs payment - Council's reasonable and proper costs for preparation, negotiation and completion of Deed of Varia”
What you will be asked to provide or do · no price on it
- Monitoring & legal fees · in 35 of 96 deeds (36%)“Monitoring and administration of Section 106 obligations”
- Car club / permit-free · in 25 of 96 deeds (26%)“Restriction on parking permits - permit-free development”
- Affordable housing · in 19 of 96 deeds (20%)“The Owner shall provide 2 affordable housing units on the Planning Application Site.”
- Other · in 18 of 96 deeds (19%)“No specific obligations mentioned in the document”
- Travel plan · in 18 of 96 deeds (19%)“Sustainable transport contribution”
- Highways & road safety · in 15 of 96 deeds (16%)“Public art strategy including plaques, signage and wayfinding within development”
- Open space & play · in 15 of 96 deeds (16%)“Hard and soft landscaping details including pedestrian access, planting, boundary treatments, SuDs, green roofs, lightin”
- Employment & training · in 13 of 96 deeds (14%)“Local Employment and Training Strategy - Training and Local Employment Plan for post-construction phase”
These carry no sum in the deed but cost time, design and management to deliver — the hidden cost of consent here.
When does an agreement start? · share of approved schemes with an s106 on file, by size
Approved schemes since 2015 with a unit count in the proposal; “with s106” means we hold the agreement — a floor, not the council's full count. Smallest scheme here with an agreement on file: 1 unit.
29%
1 unit
37%
2–9 units
73%
10–49 units
93%
50–149 units
100%
150+ units
Does it vary by borough? · yes
Share of approved 10+ unit schemes with an agreement on file (boroughs with 100+ deeds held) — highest Croydon 83%, lowest Kingston Upon Thames 30% · Croydon 83%. On small schemes (1–9 units) agreements are rare everywhere except where a small-sites tariff applies: Lambeth 56%, Hackney 54%, Kensington And Chelsea 48%, Camden 44%.
Policy thresholds differ too — most boroughs seek affordable housing from 10 units (national threshold), some (Islington) charge a small-sites contribution from the first unit; the deed rate above is what actually happens, not what the policy says.
On file · Croydon
Every s106 agreement we hold for Croydon, newest first, linked to its application (the document itself is on the application page). “Unread” = on file, terms not yet extracted.
Application
Site · proposal
Year
s106 total
Obligations
Land R/O 256 Sydenham Road Croydon CR0 2EB · Subdivision of the rear garden of 256 Sydenham Road and construction of a single-dwelling family home (3b4p) with associated private amenity space and secured b…
2026
unread
unread
77 Portland Road South Norwood London SE25 4UN · Continued use of basement level as self-contained flat (Use Class C3) in a modified form, associated single-storey rear/side infill extension following demoliti…
2026
unread
unread
Development Site At 33 Purley Downs Road Purley CR8 1HA · Non-Material (Section 96A) Amendment to Planning Permission ref. 22/01885/CONR for the demolition of existing buildings on site and the redevelopment of the sit…
2026
unread
unread
Land R/O 130 Brighton Road Coulsdon CR5 2ND · Creation of single residential dwelling (C3 use) and associated works.
2026
unread
unread
104 Green Lane Thornton Heath CR7 8BH · Non material amendment to planning permission 25/00012/FUL; to allow the property to be used for 10-18 year olds rather than 16-21 year olds as stated in the cu…
2025
unread
unread
104 Green Lane Thornton Heath CR7 8BH · Non material amendment to planning permission 25/00012/FUL; to allow the property to be used for 10-18 year olds rather than 16-21 year olds as stated in the cu…
2025
unread
unread
26 - 27 Surrey Street Croydon CR0 1RG · Conversion of the upper floors of the existing premises to four self-contained flats, provision of a new door in the existing shopfront and minor elevational ch…
2025
unread
unread
16 Elgin Road Croydon CR0 6XA · Change of use to the ground floor maisonette from dwelling house (Use Class C3) to small house in multiple occupation (Use Class C4) four bedroom four person; E…
2025
unread
unread
16 Elgin Road Croydon CR0 6XA · Proposed change of use of existing upper floor maisonette from Use Class C3 (dwellinghouse) to Use Class C4 (small house in multiple occupation), providing 6 be…
2025
unread
unread
16 Elgin Road Croydon CR0 6XA · Change of use from 2 maisonettes (Class C3) to a 7-person house in multiple occupation (Sui Generis).
2025
unread
unread
The Chapel 29 Chaucer Gardens Coulsdon Croydon · Change of use to 9 Class C3 residential units and Class E uses including a cafe and workspace with lounge, break out room, meeting rooms, retention of BBC trans…
2025
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60 Oakfield Road Croydon CR0 2UB · Alterations, change of use from single dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to an 8 bedroom 9 person large HMO (Use Class Sui Generis), alterations to land levels, inst…
2025
unread
unread
60 Oakfield Road Croydon CR0 2UB · Alterations, change of use from single dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to an 8 bedroom 9 person large HMO (Use Class Sui Generis), alterations to land levels, inst…
2025
unread
unread
92 - 94 South End Croydon CR0 1DQ · Alterations and change of use of part of the ground floor and all upper floors from Class E use to an 8-person HMO, including erection of ground, first and seco…
2025
unread
unread
20 Kingsdown Avenue South Croydon CR2 6QF · Demolition of existing dwelling and erection of two pairs of 2-storey semi detached houses with roof accommodation and parking basement
2025
unread
unread
233 Hayes Lane Kenley CR8 5HN · Erection of a two-storey development comprising five flats; provision of six parking spaces and cycle parking; refuse store; provision of associated soft landsc…
2025
unread
unread
5 Dornton Road South Croydon CR2 7DR · Conversion of the existing dwellinghouse into 1 x one bedroom flat, 1 x two bedroom flat and 1 x three bedroom flat.
2025
unread
unread
1A Brighton Road South Croydon CR2 6EA · Outline planning application for 4 storey development comprising commercial units on the ground floor and 17 self contained residential units on the upper floor…
2025
unread
unread
2 - 4 Brickwood Road Croydon CR0 6UL · Conversion of a doctor's surgery (Use Class E(e)) into two self-contained dwellinghouses (Use Class C3), associated cycle and waste storage space and alteration…
2025
unread
unread
44 Edward Road Croydon CR0 6DY · Demolition of existing rear single storey extension. Erection of a two-storey side extension, single-storey front and rear extension and the addition of an exte…
2025
unread
unread
1 Lower Addiscombe Road Croydon CR0 6PQ · Extension of the existing outbuilding and conversion from commercial (Class E) use to a single dwelling (Class C3)
2025
unread
unread
3 Croham Road South Croydon CR2 7PB · Conversion of the existing dwelling (Use Class C3) into a 3 bed ground floor flat (Use Class C3) and a five bedroom six person House in Multiple Occupation (Use…
2025
unread
unread
104 Green Lane Thornton Heath CR7 8BH · Non material amendment to planning permission 25/00012/FUL; to allow the property to be used for 10-18 year olds rather than 16-21 year olds as stated in the cu…
2025
unread
unread
Warehouse 516 London Road Thornton Heath CR7 7YG · The erection of an additional storey to create two new dwellinghouses.
2025
unread
unread
17 Farquharson Road Croydon CR0 2UH · Change of use from a single family dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to a children's home for up to 4 children (Use Class C2) with associated refuse storage and cycl…
2025
unread
unread
11 Dunheved Road North Thornton Heath · Variation of Condition 2 (drawings) of LPA ref: 22/00799/FUL (Partial demolition of building and erection of part single storey, part 2-storey and part 3-storey…
2025
unread
unread
22 Selsdon Road South Croydon CR2 6PB · Section 73 application for variation of condition 2 (in accordance with drawings) of planning permission ref 23/03522/FUL granted 26/04/2024 for Demolition of t…
2025
unread
unread
26 - 27 Surrey Street Croydon CR0 1RG · Conversion of the upper floors of the existing premises to four self-contained flats, provision of a new door in the existing shopfront and minor elevational ch…
2025
unread
unread
16 Elgin Road Croydon CR0 6XA · Change of use to the ground floor maisonette from dwelling house (Use Class C3) to small house in multiple occupation (Use Class C4) four bedroom four person; E…
2025
unread
unread
16 Elgin Road Croydon CR0 6XA · Proposed change of use of existing upper floor maisonette from Use Class C3 (dwellinghouse) to Use Class C4 (small house in multiple occupation), providing 6 be…
2025
unread
unread
16 Elgin Road Croydon CR0 6XA · Change of use from 2 maisonettes (Class C3) to a 7-person house in multiple occupation (Sui Generis).
2025
unread
unread
57 - 59 South End Croydon CR0 1BF · Prior approval submission for the change of use of the Second Floor from 2No. Office Suites (Class E) to 2No. self-contained flats (C3)
2025
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1 · Monitoring & legal fees
1131A London Road Norbury London SW16 4XD · Erection of a part single/part three storey rear extension with rooflights and balconies to accommodate conversion of upper floor self-contained flat into two d…
2025
unread
unread
19 Liverpool Road Thornton Heath CR7 8LS · Change of use from a single dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to an 8-bedroom, 8-person House in Multiple Occupation (Sui Generis), with associated internal alterati…
2025
unread
unread
25 Woodfield Hill Coulsdon CR5 3ED · Demolition of existing dwelling and garage. Erection of 2no. two-storey semi-detached dwellinghouses and 3no. two-storey detached dwellinghouses, with associate…
2025
£1.0m
7 · Affordable housing
61 Brigstock Road Thornton Heath CR7 7JH · Change of use from large HMO (use class Sui Generis) and self contained flat (use class C3) to 5 x self contained flats (use class C3), erection of part one, pa…
2025
unread
unread
69 North End Croydon CR0 1TJ · The conversion of the existing commercial space at the upper floors (Use Class E(g)) and rear ground floor (Class E(a)) to two self-contained flats (Use Class C…
2025
unread
unread
The Chapel 29 Chaucer Gardens Coulsdon Croydon · Change of use to 9 Class C3 residential units and Class E uses including a cafe and workspace with lounge, break out room, meeting rooms, retention of BBC trans…
2025
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Land R/O 256 Sydenham Road Croydon CR0 2EB · Subdivision of the rear garden of 256 Sydenham Road and construction of a single-dwelling family home (3b4p) with associated private amenity space and secured b…
2026
unread
unread
77 Portland Road South Norwood London SE25 4UN · Continued use of basement level as self-contained flat (Use Class C3) in a modified form, associated single-storey rear/side infill extension following demoliti…
2026
unread
unread
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Development Site At 33 Purley Downs Road Purley CR8 1HA · Non-Material (Section 96A) Amendment to Planning Permission ref. 22/01885/CONR for the demolition of existing buildings on site and the redevelopment of the sit…
2026
unread
unread
Land R/O 130 Brighton Road Coulsdon CR5 2ND · Creation of single residential dwelling (C3 use) and associated works.
2026
unread
unread
104 Green Lane Thornton Heath CR7 8BH · Non material amendment to planning permission 25/00012/FUL; to allow the property to be used for 10-18 year olds rather than 16-21 year olds as stated in the cu…
2025
unread
unread
104 Green Lane Thornton Heath CR7 8BH · Non material amendment to planning permission 25/00012/FUL; to allow the property to be used for 10-18 year olds rather than 16-21 year olds as stated in the cu…
2025
unread
unread
26 - 27 Surrey Street Croydon CR0 1RG · Conversion of the upper floors of the existing premises to four self-contained flats, provision of a new door in the existing shopfront and minor elevational ch…
2025
unread
unread
16 Elgin Road Croydon CR0 6XA · Change of use to the ground floor maisonette from dwelling house (Use Class C3) to small house in multiple occupation (Use Class C4) four bedroom four person; E…
2025
unread
unread
16 Elgin Road Croydon CR0 6XA · Proposed change of use of existing upper floor maisonette from Use Class C3 (dwellinghouse) to Use Class C4 (small house in multiple occupation), providing 6 be…
2025
unread
unread
16 Elgin Road Croydon CR0 6XA · Change of use from 2 maisonettes (Class C3) to a 7-person house in multiple occupation (Sui Generis).
2025
unread
unread
The Chapel 29 Chaucer Gardens Coulsdon Croydon · Change of use to 9 Class C3 residential units and Class E uses including a cafe and workspace with lounge, break out room, meeting rooms, retention of BBC trans…
2025
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60 Oakfield Road Croydon CR0 2UB · Alterations, change of use from single dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to an 8 bedroom 9 person large HMO (Use Class Sui Generis), alterations to land levels, inst…
2025
unread
unread
60 Oakfield Road Croydon CR0 2UB · Alterations, change of use from single dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to an 8 bedroom 9 person large HMO (Use Class Sui Generis), alterations to land levels, inst…
2025
unread
unread
92 - 94 South End Croydon CR0 1DQ · Alterations and change of use of part of the ground floor and all upper floors from Class E use to an 8-person HMO, including erection of ground, first and seco…
2025
unread
unread
20 Kingsdown Avenue South Croydon CR2 6QF · Demolition of existing dwelling and erection of two pairs of 2-storey semi detached houses with roof accommodation and parking basement
2025
unread
unread
233 Hayes Lane Kenley CR8 5HN · Erection of a two-storey development comprising five flats; provision of six parking spaces and cycle parking; refuse store; provision of associated soft landsc…
2025
unread
unread
5 Dornton Road South Croydon CR2 7DR · Conversion of the existing dwellinghouse into 1 x one bedroom flat, 1 x two bedroom flat and 1 x three bedroom flat.
2025
unread
unread
1A Brighton Road South Croydon CR2 6EA · Outline planning application for 4 storey development comprising commercial units on the ground floor and 17 self contained residential units on the upper floor…
2025
unread
unread
2 - 4 Brickwood Road Croydon CR0 6UL · Conversion of a doctor's surgery (Use Class E(e)) into two self-contained dwellinghouses (Use Class C3), associated cycle and waste storage space and alteration…
2025
unread
unread
44 Edward Road Croydon CR0 6DY · Demolition of existing rear single storey extension. Erection of a two-storey side extension, single-storey front and rear extension and the addition of an exte…
2025
unread
unread
1 Lower Addiscombe Road Croydon CR0 6PQ · Extension of the existing outbuilding and conversion from commercial (Class E) use to a single dwelling (Class C3)
2025
unread
unread
3 Croham Road South Croydon CR2 7PB · Conversion of the existing dwelling (Use Class C3) into a 3 bed ground floor flat (Use Class C3) and a five bedroom six person House in Multiple Occupation (Use…
2025
unread
unread
104 Green Lane Thornton Heath CR7 8BH · Non material amendment to planning permission 25/00012/FUL; to allow the property to be used for 10-18 year olds rather than 16-21 year olds as stated in the cu…
2025
unread
unread
Warehouse 516 London Road Thornton Heath CR7 7YG · The erection of an additional storey to create two new dwellinghouses.
2025
unread
unread
17 Farquharson Road Croydon CR0 2UH · Change of use from a single family dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to a children's home for up to 4 children (Use Class C2) with associated refuse storage and cycl…
2025
unread
unread
11 Dunheved Road North Thornton Heath · Variation of Condition 2 (drawings) of LPA ref: 22/00799/FUL (Partial demolition of building and erection of part single storey, part 2-storey and part 3-storey…
2025
unread
unread
22 Selsdon Road South Croydon CR2 6PB · Section 73 application for variation of condition 2 (in accordance with drawings) of planning permission ref 23/03522/FUL granted 26/04/2024 for Demolition of t…
2025
unread
unread
26 - 27 Surrey Street Croydon CR0 1RG · Conversion of the upper floors of the existing premises to four self-contained flats, provision of a new door in the existing shopfront and minor elevational ch…
2025
unread
unread
16 Elgin Road Croydon CR0 6XA · Change of use to the ground floor maisonette from dwelling house (Use Class C3) to small house in multiple occupation (Use Class C4) four bedroom four person; E…
2025
unread
unread
16 Elgin Road Croydon CR0 6XA · Proposed change of use of existing upper floor maisonette from Use Class C3 (dwellinghouse) to Use Class C4 (small house in multiple occupation), providing 6 be…
2025
unread
unread
16 Elgin Road Croydon CR0 6XA · Change of use from 2 maisonettes (Class C3) to a 7-person house in multiple occupation (Sui Generis).
2025
unread
unread
57 - 59 South End Croydon CR0 1BF · Prior approval submission for the change of use of the Second Floor from 2No. Office Suites (Class E) to 2No. self-contained flats (C3)
2025
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1 · Monitoring & legal fees
1131A London Road Norbury London SW16 4XD · Erection of a part single/part three storey rear extension with rooflights and balconies to accommodate conversion of upper floor self-contained flat into two d…
2025
unread
unread
19 Liverpool Road Thornton Heath CR7 8LS · Change of use from a single dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to an 8-bedroom, 8-person House in Multiple Occupation (Sui Generis), with associated internal alterati…
2025
unread
unread
25 Woodfield Hill Coulsdon CR5 3ED · Demolition of existing dwelling and garage. Erection of 2no. two-storey semi-detached dwellinghouses and 3no. two-storey detached dwellinghouses, with associate…
2025
£1.0m
7 · Affordable housing
61 Brigstock Road Thornton Heath CR7 7JH · Change of use from large HMO (use class Sui Generis) and self contained flat (use class C3) to 5 x self contained flats (use class C3), erection of part one, pa…
2025
unread
unread
69 North End Croydon CR0 1TJ · The conversion of the existing commercial space at the upper floors (Use Class E(g)) and rear ground floor (Class E(a)) to two self-contained flats (Use Class C…
2025
unread
unread
The Chapel 29 Chaucer Gardens Coulsdon Croydon · Change of use to 9 Class C3 residential units and Class E uses including a cafe and workspace with lounge, break out room, meeting rooms, retention of BBC trans…
2025
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Conditions and decision times are from the borough's own decisions since 2010 (countable planning decisions only; tree works, discharges and amendments excluded) and the decision notices we have read. CIL from the council's charging schedule (verified date shown). s106 and viability figures come only from the documents we hold and have read; ranks compare boroughs on the same basis and are labelled with how many deeds sit behind them. Data built 2026-08-18.