Ward · London Borough of Merton
Phipps Bridge - historic.
Phipps Bridge - historic sees an approval rate of 89% — 5 points above the Merton average across 346 substantive planning decisions, with a refusal rate of 11.3%.[1]
Merton346 applications
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ShowingAll years · subscriber →across all years on record — a period re-scopes the headline figures and the trend
346
Applications 1996–19
Decided applications
89%
Approval rate
5pp above borough avg (84%)
11.3%
Refusal rate
38th highest of 44
8.7
Avg decision time
Wks · borough avg 9.2
Data from publicly available Merton planning records and committee minutes, 1996–19.
Ward overview
Phipps Bridge - historic recorded 346 substantive planning decisions over 1996–19, approving 89% of them — 5 percentage points above the Merton borough average of 84%. Its refusal rate of 11.3% is 38th highest of 44.
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.
Sources & method
- [1]Ward approval and refusal rates, application counts and decision-time figures — London Borough of Merton planning register and published decision notices, 1996–19. · 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.