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Town.

Town sees an approval rate of 85% — 3 points below the Hammersmith And Fulham average across 4,176 substantive planning decisions, with a refusal rate of 15.5%.[1]

Hammersmith And Fulham4,176 applications
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All years · subscriber →across all years on record — a period re-scopes the headline figures and the trend
4,176
Applications 1996–d
Decided applications
85%
Approval rate
3pp below borough avg (88%)
15.5%
Refusal rate
3rd highest of 28
8.7
Avg decision time
Wks · borough avg 9.2
Data from publicly available Hammersmith And Fulham planning records and committee minutes, 1996–d .
Ward overview

Town recorded 4,176 substantive planning decisions over 1996–d , approving 85% of them — 3 percentage points below the Hammersmith And Fulham borough average of 88%. Its refusal rate of 15.5% is 3rd highest of 28.

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]
WardTown
Applications4,176 (1996–d )
Approval rate85%
Refusal rate15.5%
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 Hammersmith And Fulham planning register and published decision notices, 1996–d . · 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.