Ward · London Borough of Greenwich
Middle Park & Horn Park.
Middle Park & Horn Park sees an approval rate of 62% — 11 points below the Greenwich average across 160 substantive planning decisions, with a refusal rate of 38.4%.[1]
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ShowingAll years · subscriber →across all years on record — a period re-scopes the headline figures and the trend
160
Applications 2018–26
Decided applications
62%
Approval rate
11pp below borough avg (73%)
38.4%
Refusal rate
4th 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
Middle Park & Horn Park recorded 160 substantive planning decisions over 2018–26, approving 62% of them — 11 percentage points below the Greenwich borough average of 73%. Its refusal rate of 38.4% is 4th 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.