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Ward · London Borough of Hackney

morefields south (VS).

morefields south (VS) sees an approval rate of 86% — 10 points above the Hackney average across 25 substantive planning decisions, with a refusal rate of 14.3%.[1]

Hackney25 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
25
Applications 2001–02
Decided applications
86%
Approval rate
10pp above borough avg (76%)
14.3%
Refusal rate
37th highest of 57
8.7
Avg decision time
Wks · borough avg 9.2
Data from publicly available Hackney planning records and committee minutes, 2001–02.
Ward overview

morefields south (VS) recorded 25 substantive planning decisions over 2001–02, approving 86% of them — 10 percentage points above the Hackney borough average of 76%. Its refusal rate of 14.3% is 37th highest of 57.

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]
Wardmorefields south (VS)
CouncilHackney
Applications25 (2001–02)
Approval rate86%
Refusal rate14.3%
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, 2001–02. · 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.