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Ward · London Borough of Southwark

Old Kent Road.

Old Kent Road sees an approval rate of 82% — 3 points below the Southwark average across 1,419 substantive planning decisions, with a refusal rate of 18.0%.[1]

Southwark1,419 applications
Postcodes (centres) shaded by approval rate · click one to open it
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All years · subscriber →across all years on record — a period re-scopes the headline figures and the trend
1,419
Applications 1996–26
Decided applications
82%
Approval rate
3pp below borough avg (85%)
18.0%
Refusal rate
19th highest of 37
8.7
Avg decision time
Wks · borough avg 9.2
Data from publicly available Southwark planning records and committee minutes, 1996–26.
Ward overview

Old Kent Road recorded 1,419 substantive planning decisions over 1996–26, approving 82% of them — 3 percentage points below the Southwark borough average of 85%. Its refusal rate of 18.0% is 19th highest of 37.

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]
WardOld Kent Road
CouncilSouthwark
Applications1,419 (1996–26)
Approval rate82%
Refusal rate18.0%
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 Southwark planning register and published decision notices, 1996–26. · 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.