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West Thornton.

West Thornton sees an approval rate of 59% — 9 points below the Croydon average across 785 substantive planning decisions, with a refusal rate of 41.2% — the highest in the borough.[1]

Croydon785 applicationsHighest refusal
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All years · subscriber →across all years on record — a period re-scopes the headline figures and the trend
785
Applications 2013–26
Decided applications
59%
Approval rate
9pp below borough avg (68%)
41.2%
Refusal rate
Highest in Croydon
8.7
Avg decision time
Wks · borough avg 9.2
Data from publicly available Croydon planning records and committee minutes, 2013–26.
Ward overview

West Thornton recorded 785 substantive planning decisions over 2013–26, approving 59% of them — 9 percentage points below the Croydon borough average of 68%. Its refusal rate of 41.2% is highest in croydon.

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]
WardWest Thornton
CouncilCroydon
Applications785 (2013–26)
Approval rate59%
Refusal rate41.2%
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 Croydon planning register and published decision notices, 2013–26. · 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.