Ward · London Borough of Newham
Plaistow West & Canning Town East.
Plaistow West & Canning Town East sees an approval rate of 65% — 13 points below the Newham average across 203 substantive planning decisions, with a refusal rate of 35.1% — the highest in the borough.[1]
Newham203 applicationsHighest refusal
Postcodes (centres) shaded by approval rate · click one to open it
ShowingAll years · subscriber →across all years on record — a period re-scopes the headline figures and the trend
203
Applications 2014–26
Decided applications
65%
Approval rate
13pp below borough avg (78%)
35.1%
Refusal rate
Highest in Newham
8.7
Avg decision time
Wks · borough avg 9.2
Data from publicly available Newham planning records and committee minutes, 2014–26.
Ward overview
Plaistow West & Canning Town East recorded 203 substantive planning decisions over 2014–26, approving 65% of them — 13 percentage points below the Newham borough average of 78%. Its refusal rate of 35.1% is highest in newham.
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]
WardPlaistow West & Canning Town East
CouncilNewham
Applications203 (2014–26)
Approval rate65%
Refusal rate35.1%
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 Newham planning register and published decision notices, 2014–26. · 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.