Ward · London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Bromley North.
Bromley North sees an approval rate of 86% across 554 substantive planning decisions, with a refusal rate of 14.4%.[1]
Tower Hamlets554 applications
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554
Applications 1996–d
Decided applications
86%
Approval rate
0pp above borough avg (86%)
14.4%
Refusal rate
12th highest of 22
8.7
Avg decision time
Wks · borough avg 9.2
Data from publicly available Tower Hamlets planning records and committee minutes, 1996–d .
Ward overview
Bromley North recorded 554 substantive planning decisions over 1996–d , approving 86% of them — 0 percentage points above the Tower Hamlets borough average of 86%. Its refusal rate of 14.4% is 12th highest of 22.
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]
WardBromley North
CouncilTower Hamlets
Applications554 (1996–d )
Approval rate86%
Refusal rate14.4%
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 Tower Hamlets planning register and published decision notices, 1996–d . · 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.