Richmond Upon Thames is a London borough with an approval rate of 80% across 75,915 substantive planning decisions spanning 69 wards. Most decisions here are made under delegation rather than at committee.[1]
Outer London69 wards276 appeals95% delegated
Wards 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
What wins here — Richmond Upon Thames's policy playbook[3]
What Richmond Upon Thames actually approves — its whole decision record, by application type — and the grounds its committee refuses on. Click through for the refusal grounds and the policies cited in the minutes.
Councillors on Richmond Upon Thames's planning committee, by their recorded committee votes. “Leaning” = whether they tend to vote to approve or refuse. Full voting records →
The adopted Richmond Upon Thames Local Plan (targets, CIL, plan period) is a separate source still being loaded. What the record already shows: which applications win here, and the grounds refusals cite. Richmond Upon Thames's decision-notice parsing is limited coverage — condition-load and refusal-citation figures aren't shown until confidence improves.
[1]Approval rates, decision times, delegation and ward breakdowns — London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames planning register and published decision notices, 1987–2026. · methodology
[3]“What wins here” — Richmond Upon Thames’s substantive decision record grouped by application type; committee refusal grounds and cited policies coded from published committee minutes.
[4]Condition load — Richmond Upon Thames's decision-notice parsing is limited coverage, so no figure is shown.
Methodology is published in full so every number is traceable to its primary source.