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Ward · London Borough of Lambeth

Oval.

Oval sees an approval rate of 70% — 8 points below the Lambeth average across 561 substantive planning decisions, with a refusal rate of 30.0%.[1]

Lambeth561 applications
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All years · subscriber →across all years on record — a period re-scopes the headline figures and the trend
561
Applications 2016–26
Decided applications
70%
Approval rate
8pp below borough avg (78%)
30.0%
Refusal rate
4th highest of 42
8.7
Avg decision time
Wks · borough avg 9.2
Data from publicly available Lambeth planning records and committee minutes, 2016–26.
Ward overview

Oval recorded 561 substantive planning decisions over 2016–26, approving 70% of them — 8 percentage points below the Lambeth borough average of 78%. Its refusal rate of 30.0% is 4th highest of 42.

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]
WardOval
CouncilLambeth
Applications561 (2016–26)
Approval rate70%
Refusal rate30.0%
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 Lambeth planning register and published decision notices, 2016–26. · 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.