Ward · London Borough of Hillingdon
NORTHWOOD.
NORTHWOOD sees an approval rate of 73% — 6 points below the Hillingdon average across 847 substantive planning decisions, with a refusal rate of 26.9%.[1]
Hillingdon847 applications
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ShowingAll years · subscriber →across all years on record — a period re-scopes the headline figures and the trend
847
Applications 1999–25
Decided applications
73%
Approval rate
6pp below borough avg (79%)
26.9%
Refusal rate
10th highest of 45
8.7
Avg decision time
Wks · borough avg 9.2
Data from publicly available Hillingdon planning records and committee minutes, 1999–25.
Ward overview
NORTHWOOD recorded 847 substantive planning decisions over 1999–25, approving 73% of them — 6 percentage points below the Hillingdon borough average of 79%. Its refusal rate of 26.9% is 10th highest of 45.
Application and refusal breakdown— subscriber data
Residential extension / alteration
New residential
Change of use
Commercial development
Recent planning decisions— subscriber data
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.
Who decides here
At a glance[1]
WardNORTHWOOD
CouncilHillingdon
Applications847 (1999–25)
Approval rate73%
Refusal rate26.9%
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]Ward approval and refusal rates, application counts and decision-time figures — London Borough of Hillingdon planning register and published decision notices, 1999–25. · methodology
- [2]Conservation areas, Article 4 directions and heritage designations — the borough’s adopted Local Plan and conservation-area appraisals.
- [3]Committee interventions and councillor records — public planning committee minutes and published decision notices.
- [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.