Planning Atlas
AtlasHackneyWardsHaggerston Ward
Planning Atlas›Hackney›Haggerston Ward
PolicyPoliticalCommitteeOfficersAgents & developersViabilityAppeals
Ward · London Borough of Hackney

Haggerston Ward.

Haggerston Ward sees an approval rate of 81% — 2 points above the Hackney average across 570 substantive planning decisions, with a refusal rate of 19.5%.[1]

Hackney570 applications
Postcodes (centres) shaded by approval rate · click one to open it
Showing
All years · subscriber →across all years on record — a period re-scopes the headline figures and the trend
570
Applications 1998–26
Decided applications
81%
Approval rate
2pp above borough avg (79%)
19.5%
Refusal rate
21st highest of 37
8.7
Avg decision time
Wks · borough avg 9.2
Data from publicly available Hackney planning records and committee minutes, 1998–26.
Ward overview

Haggerston Ward recorded 570 substantive planning decisions over 1998–26, approving 81% of them — 2 percentage points above the Hackney borough average of 79%. Its refusal rate of 19.5% is 21st highest of 37.

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]
WardHaggerston Ward
CouncilHackney
Applications570 (1998–26)
Approval rate81%
Refusal rate19.5%
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 Hackney planning register and published decision notices, 1998–26. · 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.