Ward · London Borough of Greenwich
Eltham Page.
Eltham Page sees an approval rate of 51% — 22 points below the Greenwich average across 213 substantive planning decisions, with a refusal rate of 48.7%.[1]
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ShowingAll years · subscriber →across all years on record — a period re-scopes the headline figures and the trend
213
Applications 2018–26
Decided applications
51%
Approval rate
22pp below borough avg (73%)
48.7%
Refusal rate
2nd highest of 35
8.7
Avg decision time
Wks · borough avg 9.2
Data from publicly available Greenwich planning records and committee minutes, 2018–26.
Ward overview
Eltham Page recorded 213 substantive planning decisions over 2018–26, approving 51% of them — 22 percentage points below the Greenwich borough average of 73%. Its refusal rate of 48.7% is 2nd highest of 35.
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 Greenwich planning register and published decision notices, 2018–26. · 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.