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Ward · London Borough of Havering

Oldchurch.

Oldchurch sees an approval rate of 93% — 14 points above the Havering average across 364 substantive planning decisions, with a refusal rate of 7.4%.[1]

Havering364 applications
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All years · subscriber →across all years on record — a period re-scopes the headline figures and the trend
364
Applications 1996–02
Decided applications
93%
Approval rate
14pp above borough avg (79%)
7.4%
Refusal rate
42nd highest of 43
8.7
Avg decision time
Wks · borough avg 9.2
Data from publicly available Havering planning records and committee minutes, 1996–02.
Ward overview

Oldchurch recorded 364 substantive planning decisions over 1996–02, approving 93% of them — 14 percentage points above the Havering borough average of 79%. Its refusal rate of 7.4% is 42nd highest of 43.

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]
WardOldchurch
CouncilHavering
Applications364 (1996–02)
Approval rate93%
Refusal rate7.4%
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 Havering planning register and published decision notices, 1996–02. · 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.