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Ward · London Borough of Harrow

Harrow on the Hill.

Harrow on the Hill sees an approval rate of 72% — 2 points below the Harrow average across 2,519 substantive planning decisions, with a refusal rate of 27.8%.[1]

Harrow2,519 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
2,519
Applications 1–
Decided applications
72%
Approval rate
2pp below borough avg (74%)
27.8%
Refusal rate
15th highest of 27
8.7
Avg decision time
Wks · borough avg 9.2
Data from publicly available Harrow planning records and committee minutes, 1–.
Ward overview

Harrow on the Hill recorded 2,519 substantive planning decisions over 1–, approving 72% of them — 2 percentage points below the Harrow borough average of 74%. Its refusal rate of 27.8% is 15th highest of 27.

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]
WardHarrow on the Hill
CouncilHarrow
Applications2,519 (1–)
Approval rate72%
Refusal rate27.8%
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 Harrow planning register and published decision notices, 1–. · 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.